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Hello from Bhutan ft. Geophysicist Yeshey Seldon – the first Bhutanese in Antarctica

Hello from Bhutan!
Hello from Bhutan!
Episode • Mar 29, 2024 • 25m
Geophysicist Yeshey Seldon, is the first Bhutanese to set foot in Antarctica. She was in Antarctica as part of a research team called TIME (Thwaites Interdisciplinary Margin Evolution) who were there to study the Thwaites Glacier.

Find out about her research and experience in Antarctica on this podcast.

Yeshey is on Instagram: @yesheybokuuu.

00:00-Intro
 1:45-Initial Antarctica experience
 2:23-“Hurdy Gurdy” and local lingo
 4:06-Expectation vs. Reality
 5:52-McMurdo station (US Research Facility)
 7:31-Wais Divide field camp
 8:32-Thwaites Glacier
 8:50-Reason for studying glacier in
Antarctica
 11:59-Being a geophysicist and climate
change
 14:32-Challenges
19:47-Memorable experiences
 22:06-Animals

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