Cold Case Adventures and how to Survive Them
This series of podcasts presents life at Mawson Base, Antarctica throughout 1976 and the summer of 1977. Mawson is one of three Australian Antarctic bases with a fourth on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Each episode is devoted to a specific adventure (or mis-adventure) over a 15 month period. At this period of time Mawson was one of just a few Antarctic bases that had working Husky dogs to which a number of these podcasts are about. I am surprised upon looking back and referencing source material how many crazy stories occurred during my time at Mawson. The equivalent Youtube videos use Phil’s super8 videos, photos, paintings, illustrations and cartoons which will enhance the listener’s experience.
Cold Case Adventures and how to Survive Them
Geo's Routine at Mawson, Antarctica
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Philip Wolter
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Season 1
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Episode 5
After arriving in the Antarctic on December 25 1975, Phil Wolter was shown the ropes of the Geophysical Observatory and settled into the routine to keep the records continuous and of high quality.
Pete interviews Phil on what that routine was and the type of instruments used to run both the seismic and geomagnetic observatories.
Of course, over the following year many things can go wrong. One of these was when Phil became trapped outside while trying to change the records during the most powerful blizzard of the year. Then the head of the Meteorological crew disappeared.
