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The Secret History of Antarctica: Death on the Ice

The Secret History of Antarctica: Death on the Ice - From the team behind The Secret History of Flight 149, all about a flight that got wrapped up in the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, comes this new series examining the death of a young scientist working at the South Pole back in the year 2000. 

The setting is one of the most inhospitable and most remote you can think of for a true crime podcast, an isolated existence where the sun doesn’t rise for months at a time. And on a continent that is essentially owned by no-one, how can you ensure that there’s proper accountability when things go wrong?

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