Iceberg as big as London and why do we get wrinkly fingers in water?
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
A huge iceberg the size of London recently broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica – and it’s exposed a massive seabed that’s been hidden beneath the ice for up to 120,000 years! Dr Katrin Linse is leading a mission next year to explore this undiscovered part of our planet and she joins Dan on the phone to explain what her and her team will be looking for whilst they're out there.
Plus, we discover why chemistry was crucial to prehistoric cave art, hear about why our fingers and toes go wrinkly in water and find out about the deadly 'Substance N'.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. Listen on DAB Digital Radio across the UK or online at funkidslive.com. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello, welcome along. This is the Fun Kids Science Weekly. My name's Dan and I am your trusted and your esteemed host guide and friend on this journey of discovery. |
| 0:20.5 | This is the show right, where we talk about |
| 0:22.4 | all of the most incredible, amazing and terrifying things that are out there and around in the |
| 0:27.3 | universe. Today, we talk about lava and find out what actually happens when a volcano erupts. |
| 0:34.1 | Also, our dangerous Dan today, it's about the most deadly chemical in the world. |
| 0:39.9 | You know, it's so evil. Get this, we can barely speak its name. It's a bit like Lord Voldemort there, |
| 0:45.2 | and I've just realized saying that means that I've actually said the Dark Lord's name. Brilliant. |
| 0:49.6 | Anyway, I can't really get worried. I'm too busy. Got a show to do. Because in a sec, |
| 0:53.3 | we're talking to a scientist who is traveling to Antarctica at the South Pole |
| 0:58.0 | to take a look at this gigantic iceberg that we know that is just floating around the ocean, |
| 1:04.0 | willy-nilly on itself. |
| 1:05.5 | That's on the way. |
| 1:06.2 | First, we're catching up with superhero chemistry and heading to the British Museum to look at ancient art. |
| 1:12.7 | Chemistry and Art with the Royal Society of Chemistry. |
| 1:19.0 | So, I'm here at the British Museum with School. |
| 1:23.4 | We're looking at art through the ages, you see. |
| 1:26.3 | Although it's turning into a project all about being bored through the ages. |
| 1:31.6 | Yorn. Where's a girl's superhero auto-ego when you need one? |
| 1:37.7 | Chemistry's superhero for the rescue. Come on, Karina. This is brilliant. Yeah, I know chemistry is exciting. But what's exciting |
| 1:46.6 | about a load of scribbles done by some manky old caveman? You are joking. Cave art is packed |
| 1:53.1 | with chemistry. Want to see? It's a bit musty in here. Where, or should I ask, when are we? We've gone back over 40,000 years. Welcome to the Paleolithic period. Paleolithic? It's basically when everyone was like a cave man. |
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