6: Icebreaker

6: Icebreaker

Update: 2025-12-19
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Island Hopping closer to their final destination, Rachel and the crew visit Bird Island, Deception Island, travel through stunning channels and bash through sea ice before Glaciated mountains tower above us.



Of course all this is shot through with Secret Santa plans and emergency crafting with medical items from the onboard hospital before we celebrate Christmas in the most remote region of the world.



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Presented by Dr. Rachel Varnam and Dr. Jenna Plank.



The series is produced by Rachel Varnam and John Wakefield. 



The Executive Producers are Claire Broughton and Laura Varnam. 



The Studio Engineer was Alex O’Donovan. 



Follow Rachel’s adventure on Instagram @coldestshiftpod 



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All music blue dot sessions - www.sessions.blue

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With thanks to the British Antarctic Survey and the British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit. 



Learn more about their crucial work at www.bas.ac.uk 



Or learn more about the history of the British Antarctic Survey - https://www.bas.ac.uk/about/about-bas/history/history-of-bas/ 



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Excerpts from Boris Johnson’s Statement used under the Open Government Licence - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 



Image credit - Rachel Varnam.

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