#109 - Antarctica Series 21: Saz Reed

Storytellers of STEMM

Today's storyteller is Saz Reed! Saz is currently a technician for the Scottish Association for Marine Science, known as SAMS, and in this episode we talk about her time when she was based at Rothera in Antarctica for 18 months! She's done a lot of polar work in both directions, is a diver, loves adventure, and was just a treat to talk to. Saz is also the first person I've talked to who has overwintered in Antarctica, which was interesting to hear about. We talk all about her time in Antarctica, diving and carrying a seal stick, and transporting samples back to the UK by ship. She did a pretty extreme journey where she went from Antarctica, by ship to the UK, then basically straight to the Arctic! It was interesting to hear about and Saz is such a good storyteller so enjoy!

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You can find Saz Reed on Twitter @SazReed, and her blog: Tales of a Research Technician

• Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS): https://www.sams.ac.uk/
• Changing Arctic Ocean Program: https://www.changing-arctic-ocean.ac.uk/
• Rothera Station info: https://www.bas.ac.uk/polar-operations/sites-and-facilities/facility/rothera/
• The documentary we talk about is David Attenborough's A Life On Our Planet (available on Netflix most if not all places)

Episodes referenced in this one: Episode 72 with Sabrina Heiser (Antarctica Series #2)

Book List - Into the Planet by Jill Heinerth, Run or Die by Kilian Jornet, Underland by Robert Macfarlane

Recorded on 16 January 2021.