Murder in Antarctica?
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This episode includes discussions of murder, substance abuse, suicide, and sexual assault. Consider this when deciding how and when you'll listen. For mental health support, visit Spotify.com slash resources. Imagine a place without war, without mineral exploitation, where the environment is fully protected. A place where peace and cooperation, science and the environment come before money and power. This sounds like an imaginary place, doesn't it? However, this is reality in Antarctica under the Antarctic Treaty System, which was put into place in 1959. The treaty is a very successful example of how governments have worked together to protect this unique continent. Every word I've said so far has been a verbatim quote pulled from the UK-funded website Discovering Antarctica, which also highlights a line from the treaty itself that states, "...Antarctica shall continue to be used forever for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord."
With that said, this is New Zealand-based investigative reporter Stephen Davis talking about a story that came out of an Antarctic base back in 2000.
We have a man dying suddenly, and we don't know why. The organization responsible for him just wants to wrap it under the carpet. And they have no grounds for complaining that there are lots of suspicions because they acted in an incredibly suspicious way right from the start. You know, it's appalling. It's appalling that the National Science Foundation and the US government allowed this to happen.
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Antarctica is much bigger than many flat maps make it seem. It's almost twice the size of Australia and roughly one and a half times the size of the contiguous United States. And yet, it's one of the few places on our planet that doesn't have a permanent population. That's maybe unsurprising, considering it's far and away the coldest continent on Earth, with a record low of minus 126.8 degrees Fahrenheit. minus 89.2 degrees Celsius. It's also not exactly an easy place to get to. Still, Stephen Davis says it's well worth a visit.
I have been to spectacular, scenic places all over the world, and there's nothing like Antarctica. You know, you look outside and the sun is there at 3 o'clock in the morning, tracking slowly across the horizon because it's light the whole time in the summer. And the next thing you realize after you get over the physical part of it is how awe-inspiringly beautiful it is.
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