What do you stop missing when you spend months living at the bottom of the world? In this episode of the Everything Antarctica Podcast, Matty Jordan and Jonny Harrison share the surprising things they didn’t miss from everyday life back home — from paying for petrol and groceries, to traffic jams, meetings, online shopping, and even bugs!Expect honest stories, funny insights, and a unique perspective on what makes Antarctic life so different — and in some ways, better — than the “real world.”👉 If you’re curious about behind the scenes life in Antarctica, surviving on the ice, and what it’s really like to live on a scientific research station, this episode is for you.📈 Our Most Popular YouTube Videos:

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Whether you're interested in getting a job in Antarctica, or just curious about what life is like down there, the Everything Antarctica Podcast helps you connect with the frozen continent. Hosts Matty Jordan and Jonny Harrison were inspired by the tradition of explorers keeping journals and wanted to preserve and share Antarctic experiences in a modern, accessible medium. They now share experiences through conversations with people about their time on the ice. The podcast entertains, while also educating about the importance of the work that happens in Antarctica. The podcast is an excellent resource for those hoping to either work the ice or visit one day.

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In this episode of the everything Antarctica podcast, Jonny and Matty discuss some of the things they missed the most while living and working in Antarctica.

There are several things that become inaccessible, especially during the winter. Some things are exactly as expected - like family, friends, partners, pets and fresh fruits and vegetables. Other things, like being barefoot outside, only become apparent much later I. The deployment when you retrospectively think about the things you used to be able to do, but now can’t.

We’ve spoken to several people who have spent time in Antarctica, and the answers all tend to be pretty similar. It’s a shared experience where people tend to miss the same things.

What do you think you would miss if you lived and worked in Antarctica?

Pete’s diverse experience in environmental management spans climate risk modelling and management in the Finance Industry, to technical advising in a project delivering data infrastructure that enabled next generation water use forecasting, however, Pete’s first foray into the Antarctic in 2014 was as a student at Canterbury University. In this project, he undertook field work at Lake Vanda in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, looking at legacy environmental contamination from a former station site and investigated impacts (if any) on the pristine Lake Vanda.

In his career, Pete joined Antarctica New Zealand in 2019 as an environmental manager where he led the delivery of the environmental strategy for the Scott Base Redevelopment Project. His role included leading projects such as the design and implementation of a bespoke sustainable design standard (Green Star) for Antarctic construction, developing and implementing of all environmental management and monitoring plans, and the publication of the Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation.

Peter has presented on Antarctic environmental management to the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM), the Scientific Community on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Manager of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), and as an invited guest at the NZ Planning Institute's Annual Conference.

This episode of the Everything Antarctica Podcast we host a panel discussion with David Tayler (Head of Christchurch Antarctic Office), Lt. Col. Matt McNulty (Commander & Director of Operations), Professor Pat Langhorne NZAM (Former Head of Department of Physics, Otago University) and Dr Dan Price (Glaciologist and Remote Sensing Specialist). As part of the Speaker Series of the Days of Ice Festival in Christchurch, we go into the different parts which are needed in order to help understand our world and what the future environment may be. There are plenty of great questions and answers at the end of the episode so keep listening right to the end. We hope you enjoy this slightly different episode.

This week on the show, we talk about the different kind of weather we have and some of the interesting things specific to weather in Antarctica. While you would think weather is much the same around the world, being a desert, Antarctica has some interesting things which make it stand out from your day to day back home.

This week on the podcast we talk through what it's like on the day you fly to Antarctica. We dive into everything from the moment you get up through the day to when you finally get to bed. Hopefully you get a feel for some of the moments which make it a special day for anyone heading south and what a long but exciting day it really is.

This week we chat with Lewie Chilcott an Antarctic enthusiast with an interest in leopard seals and all things Antarctica. Working as a guide at the International Antarctic Centre in Christchurch, Lewie has lots of passion and knowledge which he shares in this great episode.