Arctic Expeditions

Arctic ExpeditionsConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 876

Feb 17, 2021 • 53m

Andrea Pitzer tells the story of Dutch explorer William Barents, who was shipwrecked in the Arctic in the 1590s. Maryn McKenna on the quest to find the cause of the 1918 Spanish flu in the permafrost of a remote Norwegian town.

Episode Segments

Shipwrecked at the Edge of the WorldFeb 17, 202132mAndrea Pitzer tells the story of Dutch explorer William Barents, who was shipwrecked in the Arctic in the 1590s.

Andrea Pitzer tells the story of Dutch explorer William Barents, who was shipwrecked in the Arctic in the 1590s.

Looking for the Spanish Flu in Norwegian PermafrostFeb 17, 202121mMaryn McKenna on the quest to find the cause of the 1918 Spanish flu in the permafrost of a remote Norwegian town.

Maryn McKenna on the quest to find the cause of the 1918 Spanish flu in the permafrost of a remote Norwegian town.