Season 2, Episode 1 - The Price of Polar Persistence

Join us for our season 2 premiere! In 2021 British medical officer Preet Chandi completes her first expedition in Antarctica, traveling 700 miles across the landmass to reach the South Pole.

Sources for this story: Episode of Women Who Travel podcast titled “A solo Skiing Expedition Across Antarctica" ; Episode of the podcast Wild Ideas Worth Living titled “Trekking Solo to the North and South Poles with Preet Chandi” ; Article by the Army Benevolent Fund titled “‘Polar Preet’ Chandi”

Backcountry Bizarre is hosted by Zoë Leake. Co-hosted this week by Silas Phillips, @silaswp

Audio is produced and edited by Scott Mathson at the Recording Center in Missoula, Montana 

Cover art by Emma Harrison, @emmharr 

Music by The Skurfs, @theskurfs

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