South Pole | Antarctic Science & Polar Exploration

24. What is Antarctic Blue Carbon?

Antarctic seafloor life stores carbon for centuries. Marine ecologist Dr. Narissa Bax explains Antarctic blue carbon, the carbon captured and stored by marine organisms a

23. Elephant Seals Can Be Scientists Too

Elephant seals collect data beneath the Southern Ocean. Dr. Clive McMahon explains how researchers equip southern elephant seals with miniature conductivity, temperature,

22. Breaking the Ice Ceiling: Jackie Ronne’s Antarctic Expedition

Jackie Ronne changed who could explore Antarctica. Polar historian Dr. Joanna Kafarowski recounts how Ronne joined the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947 as a fu

21. The Antarctic Treaty System: A Continent for Science and Peace

The Antarctic Treaty turned rivalry into cooperation. Political and environmental philosopher Dr. Alejandra Mancilla traces how overlapping territorial claims, internatio

NEW Science Pod: Oceanography (Trailer)

Pine Forest Media is proud to present Oceanography, a new podcast hosted by South Pole creator Clark Marchese. This weekly series explores the science and global cooperat

20. Putting Antarctic Women on the Map with Carol Devine

Women are written across the map of Antarctica. Researcher and writer Carol Devine connects two projects exploring polar history and environmental stewardship. Mapping An

19. Antarctic Permafrost, Cold Dirt, and a Greening Continent

Antarctic soil offers a preview of a warmer continent. Geomorphologist and planetary scientist Dr. Joe Levy takes listeners into the McMurdo Dry Valleys, where water, ice

18. Antarctic Soundscapes and Musicology: the Not So Silent Continent

Antarctica is not as silent as it first appears. Musicologist and Antarctic studies scholar Dr. Carolyn Philpott explores how sound, silence, and music shape the ways peo

17. What if Antarctica had legal personhood? with Cormac Cullinan

A legal movement wants Antarctica to have rights. Environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan introduces Earth jurisprudence, the rights of nature, and the Antarctic Rights init

16. Antarctic Ice Cores and Paleoclimatology

Ancient air survives inside Antarctic ice cores. Antarctic climate scientist Dr. Tas van Ommen explains how compacted layers of snow preserve atmospheric gases, dust, vol

15. Antarctic Krill: where science, governance, and industry meet with Dr. Javier Arata

Antarctic krill connects wildlife, fishing, and policy. Marine biologist Dr. Javier Arata explains how a tiny crustacean supports penguins, seals, whales, and entire Sout

14. Biodiversity, Food Webs, and Climate Resilience in Antarctica

Squid beaks can reveal an entire Antarctic food web. Marine ecologist Dr. José Xavier explains how researchers use squid beak identification and predator diets to trace t

13. Exploring Antarctica's Wildlife from Space

Satellites found fewer Weddell seals than expected. Dr. Michelle LaRue explains how satellite wildlife monitoring is transforming the study of Antarctic wildlife, includi

12. Antarctic Ice Sheet Loss and Sea Level Rise

Antarctic ice holds 57 metres of sea level rise potential. That figure represents the theoretical effect of melting the entire Antarctic ice sheet, not a near-term predic

11. Lincoln Ellsworth and the first flight across Antarctica with Jeff Maynard

Lincoln Ellsworth crossed Antarctica by air in 1935. Yet the explorer behind this landmark achievement nearly disappeared from polar history. Jeff Maynard, author of Anta

10. Parasitology and Elephant Seal Lice

Seal lice survive underwater with their diving hosts. Parasitologist Dr. Soledad Leonardi explores the coevolution of seals, sea lions, and the blood-feeding lice that fo

9. IceCube and Astrophysics in Antarctica

IceCube turns Antarctic ice into a cosmic detector. Astrophysicist Dr. Jim Madsen explains how the IceCube Neutrino Observatory uses instruments embedded deep in South Po

8. Avian Flu in Antarctica

Avian influenza has reached Antarctic wildlife. Wildlife disease specialist Dr. Meagan Dewar explains how highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, spread through wild

7. Antarctic Literature and Public Perception

Stories have shaped how the world imagines Antarctica. Literature scholar Dr. Elizabeth Leane joins Clark Marchese to explore how novels, poetry, film, and expedition nar

6. Antarctic Toothfish, Climate Genomics, and the Southern Ocean

Antarctic fish evolved to survive below freezing. Marine biologist Dr. Jilda Alicia Caccavo introduces the pelagic notothenioids, the fish group that dominates much of th