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Polar Times

Science EN ↓ 55 episodes

Science and stories from literally the coolest places on the planet! It’s said that the poles are the thermometer for the rest of the planet- what happens to the rest of us, has already been happening there for years. It’s easy with the state of the world currently to bunker down in a little private bubble, but its more essential than ever that we broaden our horizons and remember that there’s a world out there that is incredible- and needs us! And if that sounds too heavy for you then instead why not join us to escape as we take to on audial adventures to these strange and remote and beautifu...

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Isobel Rowell 06.11.2020 46:41

Hello and welcome back! Today on Polar Times we have a palaeoclimatologist from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey. Join Jack Buckingham to hear all about her adventure to Sherman Island, drilling for ice cores as part of the Wacswain project (WArm Climate Stability of West Antarctic ice sheet in the last INterglacial!) and how we can use these icy time capsules to bette...

Jilda Caccavo 23.10.2020 48:46

Hi from Polar Times! Today's guest is marine biologist/conservation ecologist Jilda Caccavo of the Alfred Wegner Institute (AWI) and the Berlin Centre for Genomics in Biodiversity Research. Your host once again is Jack Buckingham who chats to Jilda this week about Chilean sea bass a.k.a toothfish, managing fisheries in the Southern Ocean, target catch ratios (more interesting than they sound in J...

Amy Richman 08.10.2020 46:10

Hello and welcome back to Polar Times! Our guest today is non-fiction documentary filmmaker Amy Richman of the University of Colorado Boulder. Join Jack Buckingham once again to chat to her about her film "Drifting North: Into the Polar Night", filming it onboard a research vessel trapped in Arctic ice and what it's like being an artist on board a ship full of scientists! If you have any questio...

Kirstie Jones-Williams 23.09.2020 58:41

Our first ever guest on Polar Times is marine biogeochemist and microplastic researcher Kirstie Jones-Williams (IG: @kirstiejoneswilliams) of the British Antarctic Survey and University of Exeter! Join host Jack Buckingham to chat to her about microplastic in the Southern Ocean, hot-springs in Antarctica and making the most of PhD opportunities! If you have any questions or recommendations for wh...

Welcome to Polar Times! 23.09.2020 4:04

A new podcast brought to you by APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists). Science and stories from the coolest places on the planet. Literally... In this trailer we just give you a bit of background on how/why Polar Times was set up and what to expect from the coming series. If you have any questions or recommendations for whom you'd like to hear as guests on the podcast you can email...