Antarctica: The Edge of the Earth

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Gotta love that the closest we've got to world peace was, "Hey, let's all calm down and do some science together in snow." And everyone agreed. Maybe Antarctica does have some magic to it.

“R. Scott, Last Entry” it’s crazy to imagine him laying there writing that with his last bits of energy

A pilot engaging in the first ever flight over Antarctica just to drop a flag on it and go home is the most American thing I've ever heard.

My Sons 8th grade geography teacher here in Idaho USA told us to use your videos while we are all staying home for good, informational videos for their school work. SO Glad she recommended. Now subscribing to all your channels. Thank you for your videos and the time that goes into them.

I really enjoy these and the biographics videos. They're good for listening to while I drive around for work all day.

I just finished reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Jules Verne's depiction of what he thought Antarctica would be like at its center is AMAZING. Inaccurate AF, but AMAZING.

I've been there! I spent just over two months there at Rothera Research Station. The first week or two was pretty exciting, then I settled into just working and participating in the research we were doing. But by about the 6th week of being there, I was going a bit mental because of the lack of anything green. I did enjoy the social aspect of eating/playing/etc together at Bransfield House with everyone. But if I'm honest, I'm in no rush to return. I am grateful for my experience there, but I learned I need at least a modicum of green and growing things in my life. I also like a Day/Night cycle and while I was there the sun never set and that took getting used to.

Loved the quick penguin snippet, lol

This is a stunning broadcast Simon. Not a word wasted and an enthralling history told. Thank you.

Public: What wonders could be concealed in Antarctica? Lovecraft: Shoggoths. There are shoggoths.

Well I be damned. You learn something new everyday. To believe Antarctica had lush life. Thank you Simon

Simon: mentions "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Me: initiate 13 and a half epic minutes of Iron Maiden

Had a deep fascination with Antarctica ever since watching John Carpenter's The Thing, and this was a welcome sight on my notifications today. Excellent work as always, Geographics crew!

I really wish you hadn't titled this "Antarctica: The Edge of the Earth". Now, every flat earther on the globe will point to this and say "see, Simon agrees!"

"No-one could have predicted that it would end in tragedy." Sorry, what?

Shackleton’s trek was remarkable. At one point, they decided to make a sled out of rope. A storm was approaching and their choices were to walk down the mountain, get caught in the storm and freeze to death, or risk a cliff sledding down. To move slow was guaranteed death so they rode the sled and made it safely.

Went to Antarctica a few years back. Was the most breathtaking thing I've ever done in my life.

The introduction to the Sealing era had me alternately laughing and crying for hours 😂 Simon, you are a fantastic host 👏👏👏

My great grandfather went on the Mawson expedition (Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1911-1913) as a biologist before recommencing medical studies in Sydney. And yeah, like the people mentioned here then got sent to WWI. To be honest I'm a bit surprised that the Mawson Expedition wasn't even mentioned in the video, as it made a lot of scientific discoveries and the expedition laid the groundwork for Australia's later territorial claims in Antarctica. Mawson got a knighthood for it, among other awards. It's actually even mentioned by name in 'At the Mountains of Madness' by Lovecraft. On a slightly downbeat note one of the party developed schizophrenia while there over Winter, and they had a job controlling him. If you read some of Mawson's diary entries they genuinely sound like something out of Lovecraft. But still, I really should know more about the continent and its history. Thank you for the video.