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Cannibalism, Frostbite, and The Quest for the Northwest Passage

Today we are discussing the bone-chilling fear that comes from knowing that all hope is gone, and your death – from the cold, or from a slow moving disease, or from starvation – is only a matter of time. We’re talking about the quest to explore the Arctic. Listen, download, Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 4 years8 months ago
Winter

Great Lakes Storms: The Great White Hurricane of 1913

During the hey-day of Great Lakes shipping, when ships crossed these huge lakes loaded down with cargo, a fall storm could be – and often was – deadly. You might be familiar with one particular fall shipwreck, the 1977 sinking of the freighter, The Edmund Fitzgerald, or Big Fitz during a Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 5 years8 months ago
Winter

The Little Ice Age: Weird Weather, Witchcraft, Famine and Fashion

Today we are discussing the ways the theoretical Little Ice Age impacted the people who lived through it. The study of past climates is highly politicized. Historical climatologists argue bitterly, writing scathing critiques of each other’s data and interpretations. Climate change deniers use historical climatology to argue that what the Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 5 years8 months ago
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Mini Cast: Snow and the City

How does severe weather – specifically blizzards – impact the lives of Americans? Sarah, Dan and Tommy dig in to the long-term and short term effects of winter storms.

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 6 years4 years ago
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