Iceworld

S4: A polar voyage into the New Year, with Captain Matt Neill and Jo Johnson


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Featuring buried festive duck, the A23a megaberg, and the mysterious 'King Neptune's Court'.  Nadia Frontier talks to Captain Matt Neill of the Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough from the Southern Ocean, and geologist and experienced Antarctic field scientist Jo Johnson.
Jo and Matt talk about how they mark special occasions while in the field and at sea, and what it's like to juggle family and travelling for work. What's it like to explore and study the remote frozen places where people have never been before?
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Welcome to Antarctica. What's it like living and working in one of the most extreme environments in the world? From polar scientists to plumbers, ICEWORLD is a series of interviews with ordinary people who are doing extraordinary jobs in Antarctica. The team talk climate science, extreme living, expeditions and becoming a community. 
A podcast from British Antarctic Survey, hosted and recorded by marine biologist Nadia Frontier. Produced in partnership with Boffin Media.
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