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The first podcast to come out of Bhutan ft. everything you should know and did not know you should know from the land of Gross National Happiness. The show is hosted by former journalist, Namgay Zam.
Hello from Bhutan ft. Geophysicist Yeshey Seldon – the first Bhutanese in Antarctica
Hello from Bhutan!
25 minutes 31 seconds
1 year ago
Hello from Bhutan ft. Geophysicist Yeshey Seldon – the first Bhutanese in Antarctica
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
Hello from Bhutan!
The first podcast to come out of Bhutan ft. everything you should know and did not know you should know from the land of Gross National Happiness. The show is hosted by former journalist, Namgay Zam.
