Living and working at the bottom of the world doesn't happen without a little planning and careful packing. On this episode of Antarctica Did That For Me, your hosts Keri Nelson and Cassa Grant talk about getting ready for li...
"Relationships in Antarctica feel bigger, the highs are higher and the lows are lower."- Keri Nelson This episode of Antarctica Did That For Me is all about L-O-V-E - or something like that. We (your hosts Keri Nelson and Cas...
Midwinter Day - It's the only holiday in the world that’s celebrated across an entire continent by every person who lives there, and it's happening in Antarctica right now. In the deepest, darkest part of the yar, Antarctican...
From bagpipes to jello to cedar shingles… in this episode of Antarctica Did That For Me, we (your hosts Keri Nelson and Cassa Grant) discuss the weirdest things that we and other Antarcticans have brought to the ice. People ...
Five months of total darkness… the same people day in and day out… no fresh food for six months… Antarctic winters are no joke. But one of the scariest things about signing up to spend a winter in Antarctica is …
If you've heard that lyric "signs signs, everywhere there's signs", that's no less true for the 7th continent. You can get away from the world when you work in Antarctica, but you can't get away from signs. Antarctica's vibra...
What EXACTLY is going on in Antarctica, anyway? Why are we humans down there, and what are we actually doing? These are huge questions that we’ll answer throughout episodes of Antarctica Did That For Me, but in this episode, ...
Have you ever thought you knew what an experience was going to bring, and then turned out to be WAY off? Going to Antarctica for the first time, there were things we both thought we “knew” about what to expect… …
This Spring, across the United States, sungazers turned to the sky for an event that would last for a mere 4 minutes - the 2024 solar eclipse. What makes us raise our eyes to the sky? It's something we're used …
What can Taylor Swift fans teach us about Flat Earthers, and how can Swifties show us the way to a new, adventurous life? Antarctica veterans Keri Nelson and Cassa Grant talk about opening your heart and finding ways to conne...
Social media shapes our world, and Antarctica is no exception. In Episode 7 of Antarctica Did That For Me, we discuss the changing landscape of social media and its impact on how people perceive the world, including Antarctic...
We love Antarctica, or we wouldn’t have kept going back year after year. But there are aspects of being there and working there that, well, sucked. In this episode, we dig into the challenges and drawbacks of living and worki...
What's the deal with this podcast? Well... we're going to spend some time exploring the lessons we learned in Antarctica and how they can be applied to create adventure and belonging in everyday life. This could be through re...
If you wanted to visit Antarctica, how would you get there? It's a top question posed to us, longtime Antarcticans Keri Nelson and Cassa Grant. We break down some ways you could see the Seventh Continent, and get inspired for...
The Ultimate World Cruise offers guests 9 whole months of vacation - and 9 whole months of being stuck in one floating building with the same people, same food and same routine. What do the Antarcticans say? "Been there, done...
“Antarctica did that for me… it changed the way I think.”- Cassa In this episode, we discuss the surprising things that Antarcticans do differently. We'll explore the mindset and qualities that set Antarcticans apart, like sa...
Antarctica needs plumbers. And drivers. And janitors. And builders. In this episode, we discuss our personal experiences working in Antarctica. We go into our first jobs in the continent, including being a janitor and a shutt...