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A Voyage to AntarcticaAuthor: UKAHT
Journalist and broadcaster Alok Jha talks to leading explorers, scientists, conservationists and artists about Antarcticas fascinating past, present and future, to discover why the icy continent matters to us all.Created by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica. UKAHT is a charity, championing the public understanding of, and engagement with Antarctica through the history of human endeavour in the region. UKAHT looks after British historic sites and artefacts in Antarctica and invests in global public programmes and education; enabling more people to discover, understand, value and protect this precious wilderness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Language: en Genres: Earth Sciences, History, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Zaria Forman
Episode 6
Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
Alok Jha talks to Zaria Forman, an artist who captures the beauty and fragility of Antarctica’s frozen landscapes in breathtaking pastel drawings. Zaria travels to remote regions of the world to collect images and inspiration for her work, which is exhibited worldwide. She has flown with NASA on several Operation IceBridge missions over Antarctica, Greenland, and Arctic Canada. She was featured on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, PBS, and BBC. She delivered a TEDTalk, and spoke at Amazon, Google, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, exhibited in Banksy’s Dismaland, and was the artist-in-residence aboard the National Geographic Explorer in Antarctica. She curated the first ever, permanent, polar art exhibitions aboard Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Endurance and the National Geographic Resolution. Her works have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, and the Smithsonian Magazine. Zaria currently works and resides in upstate New York and is represented by Winston Wächter Fine Art in New York, NY and Seattle, WA.🇦🇶 SUPPORT US 🇦🇶https://shop.ukaht.org/products/donation 🐧 ADOPT A PENGUIN 🐧 https://www.ukaht.org/shop/adopt-a-pe...🎯 FOLLOW US 🎯✩ YouTube: / ukantarcticheritagetrust✩ Instagram: / ukantarcticheritagetrust ✩ Facebook:/ ukantarcticheritagetrust ✩ TikTok: / ukantarcticheritagetrust Season 6 of A Voyage To Antarctica is made possible by support from HX Expeditions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
