Trapped in polar pack ice, the crew of USS Jeannette settle in for a long, dark winter. As the temperature drops and the ice floes press against her sides, the ship risks suffering grave damage. Morale drops, as the sailors begin to wonder if they’ll ever return safely from the endless expanse of ice. Listen to Against The Odds on the Wondery App or wherever ... Show More
Jun 2024
Voyage to the North Pole | The Skeleton Pack | 4
It’s June 1881, and USS Jeannette has been crushed between ice floes and sunk to the bottom of the Arctic Sea. The crew now find themselves stranded on the ice, a thousand miles from Siberia, the nearest inhabited land. If they’re ever going to reach it, they’ll have to endure a ... Show More
46m 56s
Jun 2024
Voyage to the North Pole | Siberia | 5
After months of trekking across the polar ice, the crew of USS Jeannette finally reach open water. Now, they must endure a harrowing ocean crossing in three small, leaky boats to reach Siberia, where they hope to make contact with the native residents, and beg for food and shelte ... Show More
49m 3s
Jul 2023
Trapped in the icy waters of the Northwest Passage
For centuries, the Northwest Passage, the long-sought sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through northern Canada, was a holy grail of Arctic exploration. Even now, sailing through it isn’t guaranteed. Mark Synnott, a National Geographic Explorer, writer, and adv ... Show More
34m 16s
Jun 2025
The Mutiny of Henry Hudson
June 22, 1611. It’s been a long, cold winter. Henry Hudson and his crew have been stranded in the Canadian Arctic for months, living on the ice in wooden shacks - starving, sick, and ready to go home. And yet, Hudson wants to carry on and search for the Northwest Passage, a theor ... Show More
31m 1s
Aug 2025
We Found a Ship Drifting in the Ice—There Was a Journal, But No Crew
A haunted journal pulled from a lost 19th-century ship turns a reporter’s Arctic expedition into a nightmare of madness, blood, and unstoppable hunger that follows him all the way to a modern-day press conference. Author: Jake Bible Check out the author's latest release: Blood Cr ... Show More
52m 49s