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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

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28:23

Antarctica Day ‘21

Polar Times ·

2021/12/01

Welcome back to a special episode of PolarTimes in celebration of Antarctica Day 2021! Every year on the 1st of December the polar community celebrates the signature of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. As such, the annual event serves the purpose to increase global awareness about the frozen continent and the establishment of the Antarctic Treaty System, under which Antarctica is designated as a space for science and peaceful purposes. Under the motto “What we always wanted to know about Antarctica”,

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32:02

Climbing Climate

Polar Times ·

2021/11/18

Welcome back to Polar Times! In today’s episode, Alexandra is interviewing Ronja Gronemeyer and Hanna Knahl, two fellow podcasters. Together with four other members, their podcast Climbing Climate is going to be launched in the beginning of December 2021. Ronja and Hanna tell us all about their podcast, how it all started and what they are going to feature. They also chat about the different ways into (polar) science and the importance of having fun projects, like a podcast, next to scientific tasks

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04:58

Season 2 Trailer

Polar Times ·

2021/11/05

We're back! Here we go launching into Season 2 of Polar Times and the team here at APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) couldn't be more excited! Join Alexandra and Jack here in the trailer to hear what we have coming up in the near future and what we'd like to bring to you on our lovely polar podcast. We also put a call out there for guests, so if you're a polar person and you'd like to feature on Polar Times then please let us know! As ever you can contact us via email

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58:06

Bit of the Moon

Polar Times ·

2021/08/26

Hello and welcome back to Polar Times! We have a very exciting episode for you today. Our guest this episode is James Karner of the University of Utah who chats to Jack all about the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET). Aside from answering some vital questions (how on Earth do you find a meteorite in Antarctica?!), James gives us all the facts about how to spot a meteorite, where they may come from and where they go having been plucked from the Antarctic ice by the ANSMET team. We also hear

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01:16:55

A Quixotic Twelve

Polar Times ·

2021/08/12

Hello hello from the Polar Times Team! We have another excellent episode for you today. We’re pleased to welcome Klaus Dodds from Royal Holloway University of London! Klaus is a professor of geopolitics and researches security, media/popular culture, ice studies and the international governance of the Antarctic and the Arctic. He joins us today to speak about all things Antarctic Treaty! You may have heard of the Antarctic Treaty- perhaps you’ve heard it’s the most successful peace treaty the world

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32:13

Etwas Neues auf Deutsch

Polar Times ·

2021/07/30

Hallo an alle da draußen, Katharina und Friederike, zwei junge Wissenschaftlerinnen, präsentieren euch die erste deutschsprachige Polartimes Podcast Folge. Seid gespannt auf einen Mix aus eigenen Erfahrungen, Eindrücken und interessanten Neuigkeiten aus den Polaren Regionen. Die beiden tauschen sich aus über die Neustrukturierung des Arktischen Rates und die daraus resultierenden Neuerungen für Grönland und Färöer-Inseln. Katharina hat einen Masterabschluss in Polarrecht und studiert in Island

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39:35

Foca o Roca?

Polar Times ·

2021/07/19

Welcome back to Polar Times! This is part 2 of our interview with Maaike Weerdesteijn (Centre for Earth and Evolution Dynamics at the University of Oslo and representative for APECS Norway) and Renato Borras-Chavez (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Departmento de Ecología and representative for APECS Chile). In this episode we hear more about Maaike’s research on magnetotelluric analysis of ice and the earth’s crust beneath it, and Renato’s research on the foraging ecology of Antarctic fur

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39:11

#CLvsNO

Polar Times ·

2021/07/19

Hello and thanks for joining us once again on Polar Times! We have two lovely guests joining Jack on the podcast today: firstly Maaike Weerdesteijn of the Centre for Earth and Evolution Dynamics at the University of Oslo and representative for APECS Norway, and also Renato Borras-Chavez of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Departmento de Ecología and representative for APECS Chile! They have been working together to produce the CLvsNO science communication series all about

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39:43

Climate Change Ambassadors

Polar Times ·

2021/07/01

Polar Bears! Yes you've finally reached the Polar Times episode about polar bears! Join Christy today as she chats to wildlife biologist Alyssa Bohart who comes to the podcast to talk all things polar bear: her research on their migration, her experiences with them in the field and how the destiny of these massive mammals is inextricably linked to climate change. As always, if you would like to get in contact with Polar Times to recommend a guest, volunteer to be a guest, give us some feedback or

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30:33

Extra extra!

Polar Times ·

2021/06/29

Hear all about it! Hi all, Jack and Christy here, bringing you our first polar news episode! Mixing up the usual format, today we chatted about a few polar-related stories that have been in the headlines recently as well as our thoughts, reactions and a general Polar Times hot take! Topics this week are oil drilling in Alaska, Wally the walrus vacationing in Europe, Canadas residential schools and Polar Pod... Tune in for a Polar Times exclusive and stay tuned for more polar news in the future! As

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35:29

The Gateway Drug to Polar Science

Polar Times ·

2021/06/18

Hello hello! Welcome back to Polar Times! This is part two of Jack’s interview with Huw Griffiths, marine biologist and biogeographer of the British Antarctic Survey. Have talked all about his research in the previous episode (go back an listen if you’re interested in benthic sea critters, icy boreholes and paradigm shifts in science), in this episode Huw tells us all about his field experiences in the Arctic and Antarctic and his work communicating polar science to the wider public. This episode is

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53:06

It's a Jungle Down There

Polar Times ·

2021/06/18

Hello and welcome back to Polar Times. Our guest today is marine biologist and biogeographer Huw Griffiths from the British Antarctic Survey! Huw is interested in the benthic (seafloor) organisms of polar places and talks about the recent discovery of new life filmed down a borehole, deep under the Antarctic sea ice. He chats to Jack about the significance of such a finding: why is it surprising? What does it mean for our understanding of the polar depths? He also speaks about the logistical

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01:20:02

Visitors and the Virus

Polar Times ·

2021/06/07

Hello and thanks for joining us today on Polar Times- welcome! On today's episode Jack chats to Daniela Liggett of the University of Canterbury! Daniela specialises in environmental management and tourism regulation in extreme environments and we welcome her onto the show today to talk all about that as well as her role as co-project leader of the SCAR Antarctic COVID-19 Project Team. Yes, it's partly a covid episode but as Antarctica is the only continent in the world with no confirmed cases,

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34:27

It's all about photography!

Polar Times ·

2021/05/21

New episode! Our guest today is Thea Schneider, a soon-to-be PhD student and former participant of the MOSAiC summer school. Our host, Alexandra, and Thea chat about the MOSAiC summer school on board the Russian icebreaker Akademik Federov. Thea introduces us to the daily life on board the Russian icebreaker and the many diverse aspects of fieldwork, despite the exciting hours of watching polar bears from a safe distance. Next to her degree in physics, Thea also has a BA in Photography. She

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54:11

Тыва тайга кызы

Polar Times ·

2021/05/06

Welcome back to Polar Times! This week Jack is joined by Tayana Arakchaa, a cultural anthropologist and postdoctoral fellow at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, currently working on the importance of Antarctic krill to food security in the former Soviet Union. As well as discussing her current research we chat all about the understudied nomadic indigenous groups of the Tyva Republic in Siberia (where Tayana originally hails from, "Тыва тайга кызы" meaning "Daughter of the Tuvan

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50:06

þetta reddast

Polar Times ·

2021/04/24

Hello and welcome back to Polar Times, the podcast that brings you science and stories from literally the coolest places on the planet. Join our host Christy with guest Mana Tugends, a polar law researcher who studied in Iceland at the University of Akureyri and currently works in Norway at the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission. Mana explains what are Marine Protected Areas (MPA), about the significance of indigenous voices when defining MPAs, and many of the other intricacies of polar

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53:00

The Third Pole

Polar Times ·

2021/04/09

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Polar Times! Join Alexandra today for a chat with Jakob Steiner, a glacier hydrologist at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Nepal. The location of his workplace already reveals that today we are not going to the Arctic or Antarctica - today we are once again at the third pole of the earth, namely in the Himalayas. In the episode, Jakob and Alexandra talk about his career path and how his studies in science benefited

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42:35

The Arctic Council

Polar Times ·

2021/03/27

Hello hello and welcome back to Polar Times, the podcast that brings you science and stories from literally the coolest places on the planet! Normal service has been resumed post-Polar Week and this week Jack is joined by Robert Kadas of Global Affairs Canada to talk all things Arctic Council! Who are the Arctic Council? What do they do? Why are they important? How did they go from a small meeting in a church hall to the international power house of science, communication and geopolitics that it is

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45:50

March Polar Week 2021 (Part 2)

Polar Times ·

2021/03/18

Hello hello, welcome to Part 2 of our March Polar Week Special episode! In this section our Polar Week Panel (Ingrid Medby, Stephen Roberts and Mathieu Casado) answer some questions from the public which have been sent to us by you lovely lot! Why are some parts of the Antarctic melting faster than others? Who, if anyone, "owns" the Arctic? And most importantly: Can you make a slush puppy from the ice? Our panel tackle all of these and more! Thank you to everyone who sent us questions and

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47:26

March Polar Week 2021 (Part 1)

Polar Times ·

2021/03/18

It's March Polar Week! Or rather, just drawing to the close of March Polar Week! For those of you who don't know, this week has been one of celebration in the polar community. A time for polar academics, residents, visitors and aficionados to come together and celebrate everything about our polar places that makes us happy: the beauty, the diversity, the resilience and fragility of our frozen worlds. In order to celebrate here at Polar Times we have put together a special episode featuring a panel

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