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Jan 24, 2024 39 min

Into the Dark Antarctic Night

from A Voyage to Antarctica

Alok Jha talks to journalist and author Julian Sancton about the harrowing and epic survival story of The Belgica: an early polar expedition gone terribly wrong – with a ship frozen in ice and its crew trapped inside for months of endless polar night. Julian is an editor at The Hollywood Reporter. His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, The New Yorker, Wired, and Playboy, among others. He has reported from every continent, including Antarctica, which he visited while researching his New York Times bestseller Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night. A graduate of Harvard College, where he majored in History, Julian lives in Larchmont, New York, with his partner, Jessica, and their two daughters. For more info about our guests and episode transcripts click here To support the work of the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust click here Buy Julian's book, Madhouse at the End of the Earth here Season 4 of A Voyage to Antarctica is made possible with support from Hurtigruten Expeditions.

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