Antarctic history reaches far beyond heroic explorers. Polar historian Dr. Ursula Rack joins Clark Marchese to build a historical backdrop for the series, from possible early Indigenous voyaging and European mapping to sealing, whaling, colonial ambition, scientific expeditions, and international collaboration. Rather than presenting a single neat timeline, the conversation examines overlapping eras and the economic, political, and social forces that brought people south. Dr. Rack also shares what diaries, archives, and her own time in Antarctica reveal about daily life on past expeditions. A wide-ranging introduction to Antarctic exploration history and the complicated human motives behind it.
Episode Guest: Dr. Ursula Rack
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Hosted, produced, written, and edited by Clark Marchese
Cover art and PFM logo by Laurel Wong.
Theme music by Nela Ruiz
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