We speak to Helen Amanda Fricker about Lake Whillans beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and how the WISSARD project obtained the first ever uncontaminated sample from an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, after drilling down into its icy depths.

Lake Whillans; retrieving uncontaminated samples from a sub-glacial lake in Antarctica.

Science, history, adventure, politics, and technology converge on the Antarctic Report podcast.  Each week you’ll hear from an international expert with a compelling story on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

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Science, history, adventure, politics, and technology converge on the Antarctic Report podcast. Each week you’ll hear from an international expert with a compelling story on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

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Lake Whillans; retrieving uncontaminated samples from a sub-glacial lake in Antarctica.

Lake Whillans; retrieving uncontaminated samples from a sub-glacial lake in Antarctica.