Antarctica Mysteries - Best of Coast to Coast AM - 4/26/26

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🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Guest Host George Knapp and Researcher Brad Olsen discuss Admiral Byrd's history in Antarctica as well as the possibility of Nazis in Antarctica.

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0:37.7	Brad Olson, I'm not sure which of these various mysteries about Antarctica is what was the primary driver for you,
0:46.1	but it seems like the information about Nazi interest in possible bases down there is really well documented,
0:52.3	and you go into it. Can you tell me when the Germans started
0:55.2	looking at that continent and what we know for sure about what facilities they may have had there?
1:02.3	Sure. Yeah, of course. There's a whole chapter called Nazis in Antarctica in the new book.
1:08.8	And they went down there in 1938, 39 on the ship called Schwabinland.
1:16.9	It's the most famous trip the Germans made down there when they set up base 211.
1:25.6	And I say most famous because after Chobinland and all through the war years of
1:33.4	World War II they continued to make other trips down there and they were bringing a lot of
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