Posted in , , History, Animals, American History, Podcast, History Podcast, Storytelling, Culture, Society, Anthropology, Psychology, Social Science, Science, War, Technology, Education, Learning, Biology, Study, Ship, Sailing, Adventure, Shackleton, Antarctica, Polar, Polar Exploration, Ross Sea, Weddell Sea, Endurance, Shipwreck, Survival Stories, England, Norway, Ross Sea Party, Aurora, Mona Lisa, Global Warming, Exploration, Expedition, Survival, Discovery, Journey, Midnight Sun, Maritime History, Biography, Canada, Literature, Travel, Victorian, Author, Writing, Folklore, World History, Fear, Analysis, Art, Archaeology, Psychoanalysis, Cats, Writer, Military History, Ireland on Dec 5th, 2019
The finale is here! Come find out just how one of the most inspiring stories of human endurance ended. We head back to Antarctica and watch the crew of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition make history as Shackleton attempts one last desperate attempt at a rescue mission. This episode has all the answers you've been waiting for.
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Posted in , , , History, Animals, Podcast, History Podcast, Storytelling, Culture, Society, Anthropology, Psychology, Social Science, Science, War, Education, Learning, Biology, Study, Ship, Sailing, Adventure, Shackleton, Antarctica, Polar, Polar Exploration, Ross Sea, Weddell Sea, Endurance, Shipwreck, Survival Stories, England, Scott Expedition, Ross Sea Party, Mona Lisa, Global Warming, Exploration, Expedition, Survival, Discovery, Journey, Midnight Sun, Maritime History, Biography, Literature, Travel, Victorian, Writing, World History, Fear, Analysis, Evolution, Psychoanalysis, Cats, Writer on Nov 13th, 2019
In Part 3 of Shackleton's Lost Voyage, we join the stranded crew of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914, who have been stranded on the ice now for well over a year. Their ship has been crushed, starvation and madness have begun to set in, and they've been trapped by the ice and sea with no way out. In this episode, we watch as they make a desperate escape attempt while the ice splits beneath them, before heading out towards the unknown on the open sea.
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Posted in , , , , , , , , , , History, Animals, Podcast, History Podcast, Storytelling, Culture, Society, Anthropology, Social Science, Science, Indigenous, Education, Learning, Study, England, Exploration, Expedition, Discovery, Travel, Halloween, Religion, Mythology, Folklore, World History, Analysis, Prehistory, Prehistoric, Scary, Archaeology, Egypt, Egyptology, Cats, Mummy, Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico, Mexican History, Teotihuacan, Mummification, Festivals, Archaeological Digs, Excavation, History of Egypt on Oct 23rd, 2019
In this two story episode we travel to Guanajuato, Mexico, and discover a cache of mummies that were literally evicted from their graves. Then we head to Beni Hassan, Egypt, where a farmer digging a well in 1888 accidentally stumbled upon one of the largest hoards of cat mummies ever found, and, possibly, an ancient, illegal crime ring of cat killers (seriously). We also meet Bastet, the ancient Egyptian goddess that started it all.
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