Welcome to the first episode from the Polar Times mini-series: “Polar Plunge in the Science Beyond the Polar Bears”.

This three-episode podcast series explores the complex relationship between humans and our polar environments. In the next episode, one guest from Oregon State University, Adrien Heath, a past graduate student who has done research on coast erosion in the Arctic continental shelf.

Technical details : 

Podcast host : Nastasia Freyria, Mayra Meléndez, Varvara Kharlamova and Sneha Sivaram

Editing : Nastasia Freyria

Mastering : Nastasia Freyria

Recorded on Wednesday 9th April 2025 with Riverside FM

Covert art : modified by Nastasia Freyria from original idea by Matthew Nelson, Nicholas Parlato, and Damien Ringeisen 

Music : "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, UK (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA