"Most of the men were now looking seriously worn and strained. Their lips were cracked and the beards of even the younger men might have been those of patriarchs."

Escape From The Ice

An introduction

Steve Mason introduces the first Social Gathering podcast, which tells one of the greatest stories of survival ever told.

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A Perfect Pandemonium

"I cannot describe the impression of relentless destruction which was forced upon me as I looked down and around." The first part of our story.

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A series of stories of life at the edge of the world read by Steve Mason

A perilous journey to the far ends of the Earth becomes one of the greatest stories of survival ever written. Musician and producer Steve Mason reads from diaries kept on the 1914 trip to the Antarctic. Production and sound design by Steve Mason.

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A series of stories of life at the edge of the world read by Steve Mason

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