Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 2
Polar Regions
000
Running time
41 min
From the ends of the earth: polar camps, expedition ships and ice stations, heard on the shortwave that carried their voices home.
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Polar Regions
1922–1965
1922–1965
Polar Regions
5
Surviving broadcasts
1922–1965
Years on the air
44
Seasons represented
From the ends of the earth: polar camps, expedition ships and ice stations, heard on the shortwave that carried their voices home.
Source collection: 2-channels-unidentified-tape-deepfreeze
The shape of the run
Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
0 dated broadcasts across 44 years on the air, with 44 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
The surviving run
5 of 5 shown
Transmission
1958 · year only
No. 3
Polar Regions
000
Running time
41 min
From the ends of the earth: polar camps, expedition ships and ice stations, heard on the shortwave that carried their voices home.
Transmission
1965 · year only
No. 4
Polar Regions
caplmm 000047 a access
Running time
31 min
From the ends of the earth: polar camps, expedition ships and ice stations, heard on the shortwave that carried their voices home.
Transmission
1965 · year only
No. 5
Polar Regions
caplmm 000047 b access
Running time
22 min
From the ends of the earth: polar camps, expedition ships and ice stations, heard on the shortwave that carried their voices home.
Transmission
1922 · year only
No. 1
Polar Regions
Ernest Shackleton, brit. Polarforscher (Todestag, 05.01.1922) | WDR ZeitZeichen (05.01.2022)
Running time
14 min
From the ends of the earth: polar camps, expedition ships and ice stations, heard on the shortwave that carried their voices home.