The Job
Episode 1, Nov 05, 05:00 AM
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Dr. Rachel Varnam discovers a Antarctic opportunity in her Hospital and learns just what it takes to be a Polar medic.
What does is take to be a Polar medic?
When Dr. Rachel Varnam asked her boss in A & E where her colleague had vanished to, she didn’t expect to be told ‘The Antarctic’. From that moment she knew she had to do the same.
Working for BASMU as ship’s doctor onboard the British Antarctic Survey’s research ship ‘The James Clarke Ross’ her dream comes true.
Yet, its 2020 and with the world in the grips of the Covid 19 Pandemic the voyage takes on a new historic dimension to resupply and reenable the essential research of the BAS on the last continent free of the virus...
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Presented by Dr. Rachel Varnam and Dr. Jenna Plank.
The series is produced by Rachel Varnam and John Wakefield.
The Executive Producers are Claire Broughton and Laura Varnam.
The Studio Engineer was Alex O’Donovan.
Follow Rachel’s adventure on Instagram @coldestshiftpod
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With thanks to the British Antarctic Survey and the British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit.
Learn more about their crucial work at www.bas.ac.uk
Or learn more about the history of the British Antarctic Survey - https://www.bas.ac.uk/about/about-bas/history/history-of-bas/
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Excerpts from Boris Johnson’s Statement
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-23-march-2020
And Rishi Sunak’s Statement on Covid Figures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKtlFAuqL5g
Both used under the Open Government Licence - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Extract from Justin Rowlatt’s BBC piece on the paused work of the British Antarctic Survey used with permission – Follow his reporting at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cn5e8npr2l3t
Image credit - Rachel Varnam.
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‘The Coldest Shift’ is a Hat Trick Podcast.
When Dr. Rachel Varnam asked her boss in A & E where her colleague had vanished to, she didn’t expect to be told ‘The Antarctic’. From that moment she knew she had to do the same.
Working for BASMU as ship’s doctor onboard the British Antarctic Survey’s research ship ‘The James Clarke Ross’ her dream comes true.
Yet, its 2020 and with the world in the grips of the Covid 19 Pandemic the voyage takes on a new historic dimension to resupply and reenable the essential research of the BAS on the last continent free of the virus...
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Presented by Dr. Rachel Varnam and Dr. Jenna Plank.
The series is produced by Rachel Varnam and John Wakefield.
The Executive Producers are Claire Broughton and Laura Varnam.
The Studio Engineer was Alex O’Donovan.
Follow Rachel’s adventure on Instagram @coldestshiftpod
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With thanks to the British Antarctic Survey and the British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit.
Learn more about their crucial work at www.bas.ac.uk
Or learn more about the history of the British Antarctic Survey - https://www.bas.ac.uk/about/about-bas/history/history-of-bas/
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Excerpts from Boris Johnson’s Statement
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-23-march-2020
And Rishi Sunak’s Statement on Covid Figures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKtlFAuqL5g
Both used under the Open Government Licence - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Extract from Justin Rowlatt’s BBC piece on the paused work of the British Antarctic Survey used with permission – Follow his reporting at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cn5e8npr2l3t
Image credit - Rachel Varnam.
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‘The Coldest Shift’ is a Hat Trick Podcast.