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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

Svalbard: Land of Snow and Apocalypse Arks

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard has it all: glaciers, polar bears, scientific researchers and an epic seed vault built to survive the apocalypse. Join Robert and Christian as they discuss this frigid environment and the human activities that have co

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0:00.0

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0:04.8

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0:57.4

What's up y'all, I'm Brian Ford, artist and baker and host of the new podcast Flaky Biscuit.

1:08.0

I'm going to help y'all learn how to cook and bake new things as we get to know our guests through

1:12.4

their favorite nostalgic meal. If you are ever at a placing a life where things are too busy or

1:17.6

your head gets too big, having a meal like this, it reminds you of who you were and also who you

1:23.6

still are. Listen to Flaky Biscuit every Tuesday on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or

1:30.1

wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind from howstuffworks.com.

1:44.7

Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lamb and my name is Christian Sager.

1:49.3

Robert, I'm ready for a vacation. Yeah, it's the middle of summer. It is. I was just reading that

1:55.4

this is not our imagination that apparently the statistics are saying that like this is one of

1:59.9

the hottest years in a long time. The summer is brutal. I want to go to Svalbard. That's where I want

2:07.5

my vacation. So it's not the beaches of Florida, not the mountains of North Georgia, but no Svalbard.

2:15.2

Yeah, I'm definitely not a beach person. My ideal vacation spot is I'd like to spend summers

2:21.6

in Svalbard and then winters in Tristan, D'acuna. Do you know that island? It's the small island

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