Belgica Expedition - Part 4

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

As the winter of 1898 approaches, the Belgica and her crew prepare to endure 70 days of darkness. No one in history had endured a winter in the Antarctic environment. What follows will include extreme cold, isolation, madness and death. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast.
0:05.3	If you like this podcast, can we recommend another one?
0:08.4	It's called Big Picture Science.
0:10.5	You can hear it wherever you get your podcasts and its name tells part of the story.
0:14.8	The big picture questions and the most interesting research in science.
0:19.8	Seth and I are the hosts, Seth is a scientist, I am Molly and I'm a science journalist and
0:24.5	we talk to people smarter than us and we have fun along the way.
0:28.4	The show is called Big Picture Science and as Seth said, you can hear it wherever you
0:32.2	get your podcasts.
0:37.8	Hello and welcome to the Explorers Podcast, today is part four of the Belgium Expedition.
0:52.3	I have one note to get things going and that is you don't really need a map for today's
0:56.3	episode, which is a rarity for this show, and that is because the Belgium is stuck in
1:00.6	the ice and being pushed whichever way the Paxies fit.
1:04.0	You really don't need to know anything more than that.
1:07.0	So as I said, last time we left Belgium stranded in the ice as the winter of 1898 approached.
1:13.1	The men were furious with Commander Adrian Degar Lash and Captain George Locquante because
1:17.4	most of them assumed that their bosses had gotten them trapped in the ice on purpose and
1:21.3	they were right.
1:22.6	Degar Lash had wanted to avoid the criticism of the press in the public, which he felt
1:26.6	he would have faced if he had retreated Australia, his mission far behind schedule.
1:31.4	Now the two men claimed getting stuck on the ice was a mistake, but it was one of those
1:34.8	lame excuses that no one really bought.
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