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POLAR NEWSREEL
Scientists found that puffins and other auk [birds suffer in washing-machine-like waves](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02494-7). // A new research paper outlines how [penguin poop reveals changes in the Antarctic ocean](https://phys.org/news/2021-09-penguin-poop-reveals-antarctic-ocean.html). // Help scientists and [count penguins online](https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/penguintom79/penguin-watch) or [upload your whale pictures](https://happywhale.com/home) to increase the understanding of these animals. // A group of school kids found fossil remains of a [30 million year old giant penguin](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/16/fossilised-long-legged-giant-penguin-identified-as-new-species) in Waikato, New Zealand. // Japanese scientists published a research paper of [the influence of higher waves on the formation of ice clouds](https://phys.org/news/2021-09-higher-ice-clouds-arctic-sea.html) and changes the albedo effect of the Arctic sea ice. // The [2021 Arctic sea ice minimum extent](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02649-6) proofs one more time the long-term trend towards shrinking of the Arctic ice cover continues. // [Greenland’s foreign minister has been demoted](https://www.arctictoday.com/greenlands-foreign-minister-is-demoted-after-independence-comments/) following comments about excluding non-Inuit citizens from a future vote on independence from Denmark. // A visit to the Arctic induces[ the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee calling for a sustained EU focus on the region](https://www.arctictoday.com/the-eu-approaches-an-important-juncture-in-its-arctic-involvement/).

POLAR EXPLORERS, PT. 3: THE REAL MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD
Few people can claim to have lived many different lives. But all of them come short to what [Peter Freuchen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Freuchen) has experienced. Only the shortlist of the accomplishments of this over [two-metres-tall giant](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/an-irving-penn-portrait-for-the-coldest-days-of-winter) includes an expedition to [the furthest North of Greenland](https://icyseas.org/2012/07/04/independence-fjord-peary-and-first-thule-expedition/), escaping an ice cave armed with his bare hands and [frozen feces](https://intpolicydigest.org/key-arctic-survival-improvised-implements-excrement/), escaping a [death warrant issued by the Third Reich](https://definition.org/peter-freuchen-vagrant-viking/), and being the fifth person to win the jackpot on the game show [The $64,000 Question](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cILSmxWowOg). But because [the trmrkable life of Peter Freuchen](https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3425/the-remarkable-life-of-peter-freuchen) hardly can be contained a short list, we explore [his incredible life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uSbDFQ1UuU) in detail in this episode.


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