AN004 - Southern Cross Expedition - The First Winter on the Ice

In 1898, a Norwegian-British expedition sailed south to do something no one had done before: survive an Antarctic winter on the continent itself. Carsten Borchgrevink and his nine-man shore party at Cape Adare endured 72 days of polar night, extreme cold, cabin fever — and one death. Their scientific work laid the foundation for every Antarctic expedition that followed, and their record-breaking push to 78°50'S set a new Farthest South. Yet for decades, Britain refused to recognise them. This is the forgotten story of the Southern Cross Expedition.🙏 THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CYPRUSREALRETURNSA huge thank you to CyprusRealReturns for supporting Seven Continents, One Story. CyprusRealReturns offers secure real estate investments in Cyprus with guaranteed returns of 6–12%, fully backed by the Cyprus Land Registry — so you can build wealth strategically and fund your own adventures to the world's most extraordinary places. Visit them at cyprusrealreturns.com.🗿 THE ARTEFACTBorchgrevink's Hut at Cape Adare — the oldest human-built structure still standing on the Antarctic continent, constructed in February 1899 and still there today.📖 WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVERWhy Antarctica went unexplored for 50 years after James Clark RossHow Philip II transformed a backwater into an empire — and what that has to do with a Norwegian forester in AustraliaThe race between Belgium, Germany, Britain and Norway to claim Antarctic firsts72 days of polar night: what happened inside that 15-foot hutThe death of Nicolai Hanson — the first person buried on the Antarctic continentThe new Farthest South record: 78°50'S on the Ross Ice ShelfWhy Britain took 31 years to give Borchgrevink the recognition he deservedThe unsung hero: Louis Bernacchi — the first Australian to work in Antarctica 🌍 SEVEN CONTINENTS, ONE STORYEvery episode, we travel to a different continent and uncover the historical events that shaped our world — told through the voices of Nils, Celine, and Ethan.🎧 SUBSCRIBE:Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Website: sevencontinentsonestory.com