The IcePod

The IcePod is the podcast about polar science and the people. We'll talk to scientists who went on board Polarstern, the German research icebreaker, for the biggest research expedition in the Arctic. The IcePod is the official podcast of the Year of Polar Prediction www.polarprediction.net

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h9m. Bisher sind 26 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle 5 Wochen erscheint eine Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 2 hours 55 minutes

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This Time A Guest – The IcePod with Kirstin Werner, Former Head of PPP's Coordination Office


What do Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev have to do with the Polar Prediction Project? In the very last episode of The IcePod, things get turned upside down. When Kirstin Werner, former head of the PPP Coordination Office, moved on last fall, someone got the idea to grill her about her work with the Polar Prediction community before she left...


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 February 23, 2022  1h3m
 
 

The IcePod with RV Polarstern Captain Thomas Wunderlich – english Version


Finally, it's there! As promised earlier, the short version of our The IcePod interview with Captain Thomas Wunderlich in English language is now available. Thomas Wunderlich took over the command of the German research icebreaker RV Polarstern for leg 4 and 5 of the MOSAiC expedition in June 2020...


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 January 19, 2022  25m
 
 

episode 3: We Have to Move with the Weather – The IcePod with Karin Strand


In the new episode of The IcePod, we meet with Karin Strand, Vice President of Expeditions of Hurtigruten, a Norwegian coastal ferry service and cruise line that offers expeditions to Antarctica.

When Karin Strand began studying law in the late 1990s, she had no idea where life would take her...


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 December 13, 2021  1h4m
 
 

episode 2: The Drake Lake & the Drake Shake – The IcePod with Nina Gallo


In this episode of The IcePod, we talk to Nina Gallo about her work as a tour guide in Antarctica and how she gets the most out for her Antarctica-loving passengers, even when the weather is unstable.

Nina came to Antarctica about five years ago when she applied for a tour guide position in Antarctica...


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 November 15, 2021  45m
 
 

episode 1: The IcePod with Lasse Rabenstein and Panagiotis Kountouris – Let the Data Speak to You


In the first episode of The IcePod, season 2, we talk to Lasse Rabenstein and Panagiotis Kountouris. They run the start-up Drift+Noise Polar Services, which could potentially become the ‘one-stop solution for ice information'. 

"If I were the captain of a fishing vessel sailing north of Svalbard..." – In this episode, Lasse and Panos tell us about their start-up company, which primarily aims to support shipping activities in polar regions fjnd a safe path through the ice...


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 October 18, 2021  53m
 
 

The IcePod Season 2


In the first season, Sara Pasqualetto and Kirstin Werner of the International Polar Prediction Coordination Office invited participants from the MOSAiC expedition who spent a year drifting through Arctic sea ice on the German research icebreaker RV Polarstern. Guests on the podcast were able to share details from the MOSAiC expedition about their scientific work on the ice, as well as about life on board, insights that would otherwise have been left untold...


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 October 11, 2021  2m
 
 

episode 5: Bonus Episode Five (in German) – with RV Polarstern Captain Thomas Wunderlich


Surprise, surprise! After the final episode with Matt Shupe, we have another one for you. In this German edition of The IcePod, we talk to Captain Thomas Wunderlich who took over the command of the German research icebreaker RV Polarstern for leg 4 and 5 of the MOSAiC expedition in June 2020...


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 September 7, 2021  1h30m
 
 

Final Episode with Matt Shupe – The Great Expectations


Here's the final episode of The IcePod's season 1.  It's a pretty special one because we got to meet one of the highest-ranked people of MOSAiC – it's Matt Shupe. Matt has been the co-lead of the expedition and stayed onboard Polarstern for the first, the dark one, and the fourth, the light leg of the one-year expedition...


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 July 27, 2021  1h26m
 
 

Episode Eleven – Zoe and the Quiet Ocean


Number Eleven! It's the ocean episode. As we finally enter the last leg of the MOSAiC expedition, we get to talk to Zoe Koenig who is an Arctic physical oceanographer at the University of Bergen and the Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromsø. Zoe was leading team Ocean during leg 5 which clearly differed from the previous ones as the original MOSAiC ice floe had disintegrated and Polarstern now was looking for a new home...


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 March 30, 2021  1h19m
 
 

Episode Ten – Binoculars are My Weapons


For the tenth episode of The IcePod, we jump from the scientific part to the logistical aspects of the expedition. To carry out research in the living room of the polar bears requires people who take care of keeping everybody safe. "The binoculars are my weapons", says Laura Schmidt, member of the Safety and Logistics Team during MOSAiC leg 4...


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 February 9, 2021  1h14m
 
 
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