How to get to Antarctica - Episode 1

I spent 5 weeks in Antarctica to film microbes living under the ice. Here's how I got there.

Watch all the episodes of my Antarctic expedition:
Ep. 1 - How to get to Antarctica: youtu.be/VJZIgFO-dFg
Ep. 2 - Antarctica under the ice: youtu.be/u9aHl-qssHI
Ep. 3 - Camping in Antarctica: youtu.be/d7TMawjKG5k
Ep. 4 - Extremophiles of Antarctica: youtu.be/hImxHVhlan4
Ep. 5 - Antarctica robot road trip: youtu.be/PcZxLJ9RbLM

Join me + my adventures on:
PATREON: patreon.com/arielwaldman
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/arielwaldman/

Thanks to all my patrons, the NSF Antarctic Artists & Writers program, the San Francisco Microscopical Society, National Geographic, and the many Antarctic researchers, colleagues, and friends who helped make my Antarctic expedition happen.

And a special shoutout to:
Alex Rokholm, Alyson Hutchison, Andrea Connell, Brooke Schreier Ganz, Carl Nielsen, Colin Richardson, Daniel Catt, Doug Sinclair,
Dr. Scarlett, Dr. Shane Tilton, Eric the Baker, Francois Varas, Houra Rais, Indi Rapsey, Jason Coyle, Jason Shupe, Jason VanNimwegen, John, Karen Lopez, Katie Summers, Keith Smith, limor fried, Lisa Ballard, Lisa Crotty, Loretta Whitesides, Martin Bogomolni, Matt Biddulph, Matthew Cashmore, Matthew Reyes, Mike Youens, Nathan Bergey, Nick Pinkston, Not Invader Zim, Octavian Voicu, Quinn Emmett, Richard Gipson, Robertson S. O., Sam Richardson, Sarah, Suzanne Leibrick (@inannamute), Ting-Ju Chen, Trevor Flowers, Vincent Prayle, Wesley Swingley, and William Waldman.

Music by Geographer.

Disclosure: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number 1745408. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.