Season 5, Episode 8: "On the Ice" with Rich Overbeck, Part 1

Space 3D Podcast by Eleanor O'Rangers

Episode notes

Co-hosts Tom Hill and Eleanor O’Rangers had the opportunity to interview Rich Overbeck, who is currently wintering over at South Pole Station!

As many of our listeners may know, expeditions to our planet’s polar regions are considered to be an extreme environmental analog not unlike what would be encountered on the surface of Mars, for example. Indeed, as Rich will tell us, part of his motivation for wintering over “on the ice” was because it’s the closest he can come to traveling to Mars in his lifetime.

In Part 1 of our interview, we’ll get to know Rich and what it takes to qualify for supporting winter missions to the South Pole. We’ll learn about Rich’s typical day at the Pole, how long he’ll be down there, what the most challenging aspects of life at the Pole are for him and his fellow crewmates. We’ll also discuss what surprised ... 

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analog environmentspolarantarcticaextreme environment