In the final chapter of Northern Lights, we join Lyra alone on the far side of a crevasse in the ice of Svalbard: Iorek & his bears fighting Mrs Coulter behind her, Asriel & the abducted Roger in front. She and Pantalaimon stumble on, with Roger’s cries ringing off the mountain sides. Join us as we reach the tragic but captivating end of book 1 of His Dark Materials…

------

Philip Pullman’s hand-crafted box in aid of charity during lockdown here

How the phases of the moon and moon-rise and moon-set works here

A video capturing a snow leopard’s inability to roar! More snow leopard facts here

This Radio Times article summarises why the golden monkey is not quite anatomically correct

------

Music by: Jaymen Persaud

www.thedarkmaterialpodcast.com

Patreon: www.patreon.com/darkmaterialpodcast

Twitter: @darkmaterialpod

Instagram: @thedarkmaterialpodcast

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thedarkmaterialpodcast