We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 103 dot AC 2741

certificate number 20229, the easiest way. And you know, uh, Chile.

Yeah, that's the easiest way,

because, you know, Tierra del Fuego is so close to the Antarctic Peninsula.

Yeah.

It kind of reaches up there as if, like a Lovecraftian tentacle trying to give South America a hug.

Ooh, a hug, eh? I mean that's what Lovecraft taught us, which is that the devil lives in Antarctica,

the ancient space demons all live in Antarctica. And anytime a tentacle reaches for you,

it's looking for a hug.

Yeah, you just want to reach back.

That's what a lot of internet and anti-content has taught me.

When you were out on the open ocean in your boat, your ship,

converted Russian icebreaker, I believe.

Did you, what was the experience?

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