{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/99a2ee25-3c13-5b2e-8d2d-569c575f9bc5/20ef3996-2959-4964-987b-f8e5b38cece2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 033: A High-Latitude Life, Ian 'Spike' Sykes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611ee40606c05e4f77f40f4b/611ee4276760b10012a0111c.jpg?height=200","description":"In the 1960s, Ian (Spike, to his mates, his family, and pretty much everyone else) Sykes spent two years as a dog sled driver for the British Antarctic Survey. With no previous experience, he boarded a ship South and learnt to drive the dogs as he went.\n\nIn this episode of The Adventure Podcast, Spike regales us with tales of calling mayday on the radio, stitching a dog’s eye socket back together, and listening to the moon landing on his wireless in one of the wildest environments on the planet.","author_name":"Coldhouse Collective"}