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Life As An Antarctic Physician - Dr Gavin Francis, Scottish Physician & Writer

Life As An Antarctic Physician - Dr Gavin Francis, Scottish Physician & Writer

Update: 2016-08-15
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Dr Gavin Francis is a Scottish physician and award winning writer. He has practiced medicine across the globe from Africa, India, Greenland, the Arctic and Antartica. After a rigorous selection process he was chosen to be the sole physician for a 15 month period on the Halley Research station in Antartica. The Halley Research station is said to be harder evacuate a casualty in winter than the International Space Station. 

This is a fantastic conversation with a physician who has used the platform of medicine to do a spectacular range of activities across the world. We get into what the section process is like, what life is like acting totally unsupported as a physician and what 3 months of darkness feels like. 

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Enjoy!

Selected Show Notes:


Dr Gavin Francis

Empire Antartica by Dr Gavin Francis

British Antarctic Survey

Halley Research Station - Selected Images

Twitter: @GavinFranc

 

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Life As An Antarctic Physician - Dr Gavin Francis, Scottish Physician & Writer

Life As An Antarctic Physician - Dr Gavin Francis, Scottish Physician & Writer