Mother Nature Will Kill You

Jillian gives some updates on the Tonga Tsunami of 2022 and a recent news story about a dog that gets saved by a sausage on a drone.  Then Jillian and Haley discuss the fascinating mystery of the disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine on Mount Everest.  Did they summit Everest first?  Listen to find out. 

Three Tiny Islands Have Borne the Brunt of Tonga's Tsunami, Natasha Frost, New York Times  

Stranded Dog Saved From Rising Tide After Rescuers Attach Sausage to Drone, Steven Morris, The Guardian 

George Mallory, British Explorer and Mountaineer, Encyclopedia Britannica

What Really Happened to George Mallory and Irvine? Killer Climbs

Mount Everest--Archaeology in the Death Zone, Lars Pilø, Secrets of the Ice

Ghosts of Everest, Eric Simonson, Jochen Hemmleb, Larry Johnson, Outside Magazine 

Haley and Jillian are bringing a multi-story episode this week with two news stories, including a fight for survival for thousands on Virginia's 1-95 corridor during a snow storm, and the very recent Tonga volcano eruption and resulting tsunami.  Haley then tells us about the Florida Keys Legend, Lily Bow, and her experiences homesteading in one of the most isolated parts of the country.  

Sources: 

I-95 in Virginia reopens after winter storm strands some drivers for more than 24 hours, Jason Hanna, Steve Almasy, and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN

Tsunami advisories lifted in US after waves hit Tonga following volcanic eruption, Alex Stambaugh, Laura Smith-Spark, Rhea Mogul, Sophie Jeong, and Dakin Andone, CNN 

Lily Lawrence Bow Library, Wikipedia 

How Bow Channel Got It's Name: The Story of Lily Lawrence Bow, Diane Scott, Island Jane Magazine 

Lily Lawrence Bow, Katherine Fleming, Women of Library History 

Haley and Jillian meet in person in Haymarket for the first time on air for a special holiday edition of the podcast to discuss the arctic tale of Ada Blackjack, a badass woman in the wrong place at the wrong time.  The podcast also hosts it's first guest, Jillian's own dad, Phil, who talks a bit more about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald from Episode 20 (If It Fitz, It Sitz), and his experiences with some of the recovery efforts of the wreck while he was a student at Michigan Tech.  Bonus material: DAD SINGING. 

Sources: 

Ada Blackjack, the Forgotten Sole Survivor of an Odd Arctic Expedition, Tessa Hulls, Atlas Obscura

The Inuit Woman Who Survived the Arctic Alone, Kate Siber, Outside Magazine 

Haley and Jillian discuss a gnarly listener tale involving agave spines in the Grand Canyon, and Haley talks about the tragic and controversial story of Chris McCandless, aka "Into the Wild." 

Sources

Into the Wild (film),  Chris McCandless, Wikipedia 

Chris McCandless Went Into the Alaskan Wilderness in 1992 and Never Came Out, Katie Serena, All That Is Interesting 

The Into The Wild Bus is Gone, Long Live the Into the Wild Bus, Adam Roy, Backpacker 

We start of the podcast this week with news on the natural disaster level storms in British Columbia while Haley tells us about some local activisim in the keys.  Then Jillian regales us with the story of Mauro Prosperi a man who got lost in the Sahara Desert with barely any resources. 

Sources: 

British Columbia and the Pacific north-west storm wreaks havoc, Leyland Cecco, The Guardian

How I drank urine and bat blood to survive, Mauro Prosperi, BBC News

Alone in the Sahara: A Survival Story of Mauro Prosperi, Patrick McCarthy, Offgrid Magazine 

Sahara, Ronald Francis Peel, Encyclopedia Britannica 

Haley and Jillian experience their first movie based episode in which they discuss a touching story about a man seeking revenge for his son...oh whoops I mean gun.  This episode is the true story of Hugh Glass, the man behind The Revenant. Happy Thanksgiving. 

Sources: 

Hugh Glass: American Frontiersman; Arikara People; Grizzly Bear, Encyclopedia Britannica 

An Unforgettable Man: Hugh Glass, HughGlass.org

The Real Story of 'The Revenant' is Far Weirder (and Bloodier) Than the Movie, Steve Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter

The Incredible True Story of the Revenant's Hugh Glass, Katie Serena, All That Is Interesting

Karankawa Indians, Carol A. Lipscomb, Texas State Historical Association 

The Karankawa Indians of Texas, Shannon Selin

Pawnee History, PawneeNation.org 

Further Reading/Viewing: 

The Revenant, 2015, Amazon Prime Video 

The Revenant, Michael Punke 

Haley and Jillian discuss the perils of entering the water with an in-the-news story about a man getting eaten alive by a school of piranhas and the tragic Great Lakes tale of the Edmund Fitzgerald.  Gitchi-Gumi never gives up her dead. 

Sources: 

Man Eaten By Piranhas After Jumping Into Lake to Flee From Bees, Fatma Khaled, Newsweek

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Song by Gordon Lightfoot

The Fateful Journey, Sean Ley, Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum

The Storm That Sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald, SeaGrant Michigan

Shipwreck: The Mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Discovery Channel

Diver Recalls Record Scuba Descent to Edmund Fitzgerald Shipwreck, Garret Ellison, Michigan Live

White Hurricane, David Brown

Haley and Jillian round out spooky season with an update on the whereabouts of Brian Laundrie and a dive into the mystery that surrounds Dyatlov Pass.  Which may or may not involve a yeti. 

Sources: 

The Mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, Marcia Wendorf, Interesting Engineering

The Mystery of Dyatlov Pass: Death Mountain, Lucy Ash, BBC News

Russia’s ‘Dyatolov Pass’ conspiracy theory may finally be solved 60 years later, Brandon Specktor, Live Science

Guame and Puzrin. 2021. Mechanisms of slab avalanche release and impact in the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959. Nature: Communications Earth & Environment. 2(10): https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00081-8

Haley and Jillian return to spooky season to finish out the mysterious tale of Franklin's Lost Northwest Passage Expedition of 1845, and Haley fills us in on the updates from the recent, tragic case of Gabbi Petito*.  Apologies from Jillian for forgetting to cite her sources - they are all present below the description.

*update, cause of death has been released as strangulation 

Sources:

What Happened to the Doomed Franklin Expedition? These Are the Clues Kieran Mulvaney, History.com 

What Happened to the HMS Erebus and Terror? Royal Museums Greenwich

What Happened to the Franklin Expedition? Outpost Heads to Nunavut to Find Out, Evan Solomon, Outpost Magazine 

Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship, Channel 4 Documentary 

Inside the HMS Terror, Bangor Daily News

Further Media: 

The Terror, Dan Simmons

The Terror on Hulu (can also stream on AMC or Amazon Prime)

Haley and Jillian start off the episode with a look at a sinkhole growing in Mexico and discuss the ongoing Gabbi Petito Case.  Then Jillian delves right into spooky season with one of the most fascinating, mysterious, and downright creepy stories of polar exploration, Sir John Franklin's lost expedition through the Northwest Passage. 

Sources: 

Experts: Erosion caused Mexico sinkhole, not water pumping, AP News

What Happened to the Doomed Franklin Expedition? These Are the Clues, Kieran Mulvaney, History.Com

What happened to the HMS Erebus and Terror? Royal Museums Greenwich

Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship – Channel 4 Documentary