Episode Fifteen: Polar Crime Time (Season Finale!)
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica
For our 15th episode we explore crimes in our favourite cold places: the poles! We answer the questions you never thought to ask, like: how does law operate outside national borders, and what happens if you kill someone? What’s it like living in the northernmost town in the world? Who has jurisdiction on an iceberg? And how do you deal with arson in Antarctica?
This episode will wrap season 1 for us, so thank you to all of our amazing listeners for joining us on the first leg of our podcasting adventure! Listen to the end of this episode to hear about our final tally of Mayday Moments and Mayday Rankings, a reflection on our topics this season, and a little teaser of what we’ll be covering when we return in season 2.
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Sources & Further Reading
Kenn Harper, In Those Days: Collected Writings on Arctic History, Book 2: Arctic Crime and Punishment
Shaugn Coggins, James Ford, et al, ‘Indigenous Peoples and Climate Justice in the Arctic’, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
David Kushner, ‘The Bizarre Bank Robbery That Shook an Arctic Town’, Outside
Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago