Five months of total darkness… the same people day in and day out… no fresh food for six months… Antarctic winters are no joke. But one of the scariest things about signing up to spend a winter in Antarctica is considering what it might do to your...
If you've heard that lyric "signs signs, everywhere there's signs", that's no less true for the 7th continent. You can get away from the world when you work in Antarctica, but you can't get away from signs. Antarctica's vibrant sign culture includes...
What EXACTLY is going on in Antarctica, anyway? Why are we humans down there, and what are we actually doing? These are huge questions that we’ll answer throughout episodes of Antarctica Did That For Me, but in this episode, you'll get a overview of...
Have you ever thought you knew what an experience was going to bring, and then turned out to be WAY off? Going to Antarctica for the first time, there were things we both thought we “knew” about what to expect… but we never expected the unique skill...
This Spring, across the United States, sungazers turned to the sky for an event that would last for a mere 4 minutes - the 2024 solar eclipse. What makes us raise our eyes to the sky? It's something we're used to in Antarctica, as there are unique ph...
What can Taylor Swift fans teach us about Flat Earthers, and how can Swifties show us the way to a new, adventurous life? Antarctica veterans Keri Nelson and Cassa Grant talk about opening your heart and finding ways to connect with what it wants to...
Social media shapes our world, and Antarctica is no exception. In Episode 7 of Antarctica Did That For Me, we discuss the changing landscape of social media and its impact on how people perceive the world, including Antarctica. We explore the rol...
We love Antarctica, or we wouldn’t have kept going back year after year. But there are aspects of being there and working there that, well, sucked. In this episode, we dig into the challenges and drawbacks of living and working in Antarctica. The e...
What's the deal with this podcast? Well... we're going to spend some time exploring the lessons we learned in Antarctica and how they can be applied to create adventure and belonging in everyday life. This could be through reinvention, building rel...
Antarctica needs plumbers. And drivers. And janitors. And builders. In this episode, we discuss our personal experiences working in Antarctica. We go into our first jobs in the continent, including being a janitor and a shuttle driver. Daily life in...
