In Antarctica, time is measured in ice. Entire worlds form and dissolve in the marbled blue sheets and shimmering peaks, which rise and return from glacial seas. Half of the year is soaked in eternal sunlight; the other, cloaked in perpetual darkness. And throughout this

cycle of melting and freezing, sunsets and vibrant auroras, there is a group of people who are living and working in an unassuming group of buildings on Ross Island.

Matty Jordan is one of those people. He has been to and from Antarctica eight times, and

he's amassed hundreds of days working on this quiet, contemplative continent. And in a place that has drawn some of the world's most fearless adventurers, he's discovered not just what it means to live in the planet's last truly wild place, but how that wilderness has changed

him as a person.

CONNECT

Follow Matty and his many adventures on his website, mattykjordan.com, where you can also find the free ebook he wrote about living and working in Antarctica. You can find him on social media @mattykjordan and listen to his podcast, The Everything Antarctica Podcast, wherever

you stream this one.

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CREDITS

This episode was produced by Armchair Productions. Find our other shows at armchair-productions.com. Jenny Allison did the guest booking and wrote this episode, along with host

and producer Aaron Millar. Charles Tyrie did the audio editing and sound design. Theme music written by the artist Sweet Chap (on IG @the_sweet_chap).

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