What it takes to be an Antarctic explorer today

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Ariel Waldman is a filmmaker and Antarctic explorer who first appeared in our 2021 episode, "Through the Looking Glass." Since then, she has written a new book and returned to Antarctica with a new mission. For this bonus episode, producer Matthew Cloutier reached out to get an update.

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0:00.0	This message comes from NPR's sponsor Ted Talks Daily, a podcast from the Ted Audio Collective.
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0:17.6	Hey, it's Manouche. All year long you've been hearing me plug this TED Radio Hour Plus thing.
0:24.3	Quick reminder, by supporting our show, you get all our episodes ad free and you get bonus episodes.
0:31.5	So thank you if you are a supporter and if you're not yet, well, we thought
0:35.8	we'd wet your whistle with a listen to a bonus episode that you would get to hear. So, Ted Speaker
0:42.2	and Antarctic Explorer, Ariel Waldman is fierce and she told
0:47.5	producer Matthew Clutier recently all about her new expedition. We hope listening entices you to try out Ted
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1:03.4	And yeah, if you're not a supporter yet,
1:05.4	you're gonna hear some ads real quick
1:07.6	because they help us pay the bills too.
1:09.9	But after that, enjoy Matthew and Ariel.
1:14.3	Hey there, Ariel, thanks so much for chatting with us again.
1:17.1	I've really been looking forward to it.
1:18.4	Me too.
1:20.3	And just to kick us off, can you just remind our listeners what you do and what brought you to Antarctica in the first place.
1:28.0	Yeah, so I'm an Antarctic Explorer and filmmaker and really what brought me to Antarctica in the first place was to
1:36.2	film the microscopic life that lives under the ice. Yeah my favorite
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