Category: Interviews
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep.39
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Tuesday 16th August 2022 – VOYAGE SUMMARY / SARAH
Our expedition leader Sarah Gerats gives a summary overview of the whole voyage. This is followed by a fascinating REQUEST interview with Sarah sharing her incredible experiences of the polar regions.
00:00 Theme Music – “Antarctica”
00:45 Welcome Message
01:41 Sarah’s summary overview of the whole voyage.
21:01 REQUEST Interview with Sarah Gerats.
45:43 END
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep.31
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EPISODE 31 – Sunday 1st May 2022 – ANTARCTIC ISOLATION – PART 1
This episode is entitled ANTARCTIC ISOLATION – PART 1 and covers the first few days visiting the Antarctic Peninsula. It includes: Alan’s Covid Test Results, Our First Iceberg and Penguin Island.
There is also the REQUEST interview with our fellow passenger – Mark Ashcroft – from Merseyside in the UK, who was on White Watch with Genevieve, Darcey and I.
After the main podcast there is also some bonus content of our Shackleton Scouts’ Own Ceremony and Investiture Ceremony.
00:00 Theme Music – “Antarctica”
00:45 Welcome Message
01:50 Alan’s Covid Lateral Flow Test Result
02:36 Alan’s Covid PCR Test Result
03:38 Alan – In Library – Post Covid Test Results
05:05 Alan – In Cabin One – Post Covid Test Results
06:57 First Time On Deck In Antarctica
29:15 Our First Iceberg In Antarctica
31:05 Back To Cabin One
31:46 Sound Of The Anchor Chain from Cabin One & Ship’s Alarm
32:38 Penguin Island – Bow Of Europa 5th January 2022
34:46 Sound Of Penguins – Penguin Island
35:38 Commentary – Penguin Island
39:38 Alan & Axel – Chat With Eric The Europa Captain & More Commentary
43:55 Alan & Axel – Dancing To Keep Warm
45:42 Commentary – Zodiak’s Returning From Penguin Island
46:22 Helen – Introduction To Shackleton Scouts’ Own Ceremony
46:52 Overview Of Bonus Material
47:25 Reflection On 5th January 2022
48:00 REQUEST interview with Mark Ashcroft
55:45 Closing Message
56:29 Theme Music – “Antarctica”
57:15 Introduction To Bonus Material
57:38 Bonus Content – Shackleton Scouts’ Own Ceremony on board Europa
1:19:06 Bonus Content – Investiture Ceremony on board Europa
1:24:03 END
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep.29
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EPISODE 29 – Tuesday 1st March 2022 – NEW YEAR / AXEL
So, a big welcome to episode 29 of the REQUEST2021 podcast. It’s over a month now since the team returned from Antarctica and as the reality of the trip slowly begins to become a wonderful dream it is great to be editing the podcast to record some special memories for posterity.
The team and I are doing our best to get out and about now to share our experience with as many people as possible and the podcast is one way we can do this. So please help spread the word!
This episode is subtitled NEW YEAR / AXEL and covering New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day. There is also the first interview I did with one of our fellow passengers – Axel Friedrichs – a German businessman from Hanover. Although we were put on watch together, little did we know at the time that we would both later have to go into Covid isolation together for 10 days of the voyage when in Antarctica. Axel if you are listening, you now have another future answer for the Unexpected Truth question!
00:00 Theme Music – “Antarctica”
00:45 Welcome Message
02:18 Boarding Bark Europa
07:52 Genevieve Scullion’s Physiological Study
11:35 Setting Off From Ushuaia on New Year’s Eve
12:16 Review of News Year’s Eve Day On Board
13:24 Alan’s First Bout Of Sea Sickness
14:45 Interview With Fellow Passenger Axel Friedrichs
22:22 Closing Message.
22:57 Theme Music – “Antarctica”
23:43 END
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep.27
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EPISODE 27 – Christmas Day South Georgia Edition. A final reminder of our project objectives plus we have the ReQuest interview with Vicki Foster, a South Georgia Government Officer. Vicki lives and works on the Antarctic Island of South Georgia where Sir Ernest Shackleton is buried so this seemed an appropriate interview for the upcoming 100th anniversary of Shackleton’s passing. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the REQUEST2021 team to all our podcast listeners!
A podcast documenting the Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Research Project all the way to Antarctica and back again! Interviews, Scouting historical links, events and research project work recorded along the way. Part of Alan Noake’s Antarctic Soundscapes project.
SHOW NOTES
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands
https://www.gov.gs
South Georgia Twitter Feed
Dave’s Travel Corner interview with Vicki Foster
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep. 26
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EPISODE 26 – Wed 1st December 2021– We celebrate Antarctica Day today and the Antarctic Treaty, catch up with all of the team before we go and we have the ReQuest interview with Jeffrey Bozanic from Scout Crew 774, Orange County Council California and also his son John-Aaron. Jeffrey is a California Scout Leader who is taking a large team of Scouts down to Antarctica as well this season. He is also a qualified diver with lots of experience of diving in polar conditions. John-Aaron is an eagle scout, a crew leader and also has experience of diving in Antarctica.
A podcast documenting the Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Research Project all the way to Antarctica and back again! Interviews, Scouting historical links, events and research project work recorded along the way. Part of Alan Noake’s Antarctic Soundscapes project.
SHOW NOTES
Crew 774 from Orange County Council California who will also be leading an expedition to Antarctica in December 2021https://scoutinginantarctica.org
Antarctica Day – 1st December – British Antarctic Survey (bas.ac.uk)
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep. 25
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EPISODE 25 – Mon 1st November 2021– A good luck message from Chief Scout Bear Grylls, a big plug for our REQUEST2021 YouTube channel – there are some great videos now of our Thames Event held on 17th September 2021 along with all sorts of other videos including craft activities for young people and the ReQuest interview with Helen Smith. Helen has bravely stepped up to join the ReQuest2021 team very late in the day. Helen is a civil servant in her day job and is District Scout Network Commissioner for Gravesham District. She was one of the original applicants for ReQuest back in 2018 and has been waiting in the wings as first reserve for the senior participants ever since. So having interviewed all the other project participants it was only appropriate that I interview Helen as well before we go.
NOTE: I have done my best to edit out the background noise, but it was recorded in a busy pub and it has proved impossible to remove all of it.
A podcast documenting the Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Research Project all the way to Antarctica and back again! Interviews, Scouting historical links, events and research project work recorded along the way. Part of Alan Noake’s Antarctic Soundscapes project.
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep. 24
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EPISODE 24 – Fri 1st October 2021 – A quick review of our September events, a message from Tom Boeckx commander of HMS Protector (and a Group Scout Leader in Thanet) who is currently heading down to Antarctica and the ReQuest interview with author Brad Borkan recorded back in 2020. At the time of the interview, he was promoting his book ‘When Your Life Depends on It – Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic’ co-authored with David Hirzel and most recently they have also produced ‘Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results: How an Explorer, an Engineer and a Statesman shaped our Modern World.’
A podcast documenting the Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Research Project all the way to Antarctica and back again! Interviews, Scouting historical links, events and research project work recorded along the way. Part of Alan Noake’s Antarctic Soundscapes project.
Show Notes
When Your Life Depends on It – Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic – Paperback by Brad Borkan and David Hirzel.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/When-Your-Life-Depends-Antarctic/dp/194531205X
When Your Life Depends on It – Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic – Audiobook
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/When-Your-Life-Depends-on-It-Audiobook/B07D835B3R
Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results: How an Explorer, an Engineer and a Statesman shaped our Modern World. By Brad Borkan and David Hirzel.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audacious-Goals-Remarkable-Results-Borkan-Hirzel/dp/1945312149
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep. 23
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EPISODE 23 – Wed 1st September 2021 – An overview of the project events planned for September and the ReQuest interview with Jan Chojecki. Jan is Managing Director of PBL Technology (www.pbltechnology.com), a technology transfer company serving public sector researchers in the biological sciences. He has a PhD in genetics and previously worked for an international agricultural technology company, now known as Syngenta. He grew up surrounded by Antarctic paraphernalia, particularly relating to Quest, being the grandson of John Quiller Rowett, who financed the Shackleton-Rowett expedition. Jan has become a steering committee member for ReQuest2021.
A podcast documenting the Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Research Project all the way to Antarctica and back again! Interviews, Scouting historical links, events and research project work recorded along the way. Part of Alan Noake’s Antarctic Soundscapes project.
SHOW NOTES
Quest Chronicle:
www.questchronicle.org.uk and www.twitter.com/questchronicle
We Are All Flourishing: The Letters and Diary of Captain Walter J J Coats MC 1914-1919 Hardcover – Illustrated, 15 Oct. 2016 by Jan Chojecki (Editor), Michael LoCicero (Editor):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/We-Are-All-Flourishing-1914-1919/dp/1911096397
Visit our Fundraising Ladder for different ways to follow and support the project including our infamous Penguin Badges, Antarctic Top Trumps, Social Media pages and lots more…
www.fundraisingladder.co.uk/ReQuest2021
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep. 22
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EPISODE 22 – Monday 2nd August 2021 – The London Landmarks Half Marathon and the ReQuest interview with Louis Rudd MBE. Louis is a record-breaking polar adventurer, expedition leader, former Royal Marine Commando and SAS soldier, with 34 years of service. He is the first – and only – person to have traversed Antarctica twice using human power alone, and has reached the South Pole three times from different coastal start points.
A podcast documenting the Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Research Project all the way to Antarctica and back again! Interviews, Scouting historical links, events and research project work recorded along the way. Part of Alan Noake’s Antarctic Soundscapes project.
Show Notes
The ReQuest2021 London Landmarks Half Marathon Team
https://www.request2021.org.uk/events/llhm/
Louis Rudd’s Website:
https://lourudd.com
Endurance: By Louis Rudd
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Endurance-Soldier-Adventurer-Decorated-Leader/dp/1529031737
Visit our Fundraising Ladder for different ways to follow and support the project including our infamous Penguin Badges, Antarctic Top Trumps, Social Media pages and lots more…
www.fundraisingladder.co.uk/ReQuest2021
ReQuest2021 Podcast Ep. 20
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EPISODE 20 – Tue 1st June 2021 – “Seven months till we sail” and the ReQuest interview with Mark Wood an established speaker, author and explorer who operates within the cold extremes of our planet. His expeditions include guiding film crews to the Magnetic North Pole, leading two expeditions to the Geomagnetic North Pole and completing solo expeditions to both the Geographic North and South Poles. He has been a part of major BBC and Channel 5 documentaries and over the years has trained and led people in the extremes of the planet. He is chairman of The Explorers Club – Great Britain and Ireland Chapter and a Scout Adventurer.
A podcast documenting the Kent Scouts #ReQuest2021 Research Project all the way to Antarctica and back again! Interviews, Scouting historical links, events and research project work recorded along the way. Part of Alan Noake’s Antarctic Soundscapes project.
Show Notes
Mark Wood’s Website:
http://www.markwoodexplorer.com
The book Solo Explorer is the journey from Mark’s school days to
reaching the North Pole including the twists and turns of the adventure that
led him there.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Wood-Solo-Explorer/dp/1909075523
The photographic book Rock and Ice is a collection of extreme photographs taken on Mark’s journey’s over the past two decades. Bringing to life the path of his own lives adventure.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rock-Ice-Mark-Wood/dp/1909075531
Visit our Fundraising Ladder for different ways to follow and support the project
including our infamous Penguin Badges, Antarctic Top Trumps, Social Media pages
and lots more…
www.fundraisingladder.co.uk/ReQuest2021