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    Extremities

    Extremities

    Extremities

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    Length:
    19 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Why and how people live in earth's most isolated and extreme settlements.

    Season 2 starts in late September 2019.

    A Wendover Productions podcast: http://WendoverProductions.com
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 19 episodes

    Title

    St Helena's Decisive Decade

    On January 1st, 2020, St Helena enters what will potentially be the most important and ...

    23 minutes
    		Jan 01, 2020

    Cruise Ship Day

    Suddenly, 800 tourists arrive on the tiny island of St Helena. Extremities is made poss...

    27 minutes
    		Dec 26, 2019

    An Island and its Airport

    After 500 years alone, St Helena gets a little closer to the world. Extremities is mad...

    28 minutes
    		Dec 18, 2019

    Dinner with the Economists

    When you go to a tiny, isolated island in the middle of the South Atlantic and get invi...

    28 minutes
    		Dec 11, 2019

    Slavery, Mutiny, Goats, and a Frenchman

    200 years of St Helena's history in a tidy 30 minutes.  This episode is made possible ...

    33 minutes
    		Dec 04, 2019

    Arrival on St Helena

    Extremities is back for season 3--this time, in the middle of the South Atlantic. This...

    30 minutes
    		Nov 27, 2019

    Svalbard's Act Three

    Svalbard is in its prime, but that could soon end. This episode was supported by:  Das...

    22 minutes
    		Oct 30, 2019

    The Economy of the World's Northernmost town

    The high arctic is not normally home to thriving economies but somehow, Longyearbyen's ...

    26 minutes
    		Oct 24, 2019

    Pyramiden: The High-Arctic Soviet Ghost Town

    20 years ago, what was previously the Soviet Union's model town in the high arctic clos...

    25 minutes
    		Oct 16, 2019

    The Russian Town in Norwegian Svalbard

    Barentsburg--a Russian town nestled within a Norwegian archipelago. This episode was m...

    26 minutes
    		Oct 09, 2019