{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fca9d7dd2-2d40-4d4d-be1e-5f1ffe9d70bc","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Exploring the High Arctic: An Audio Adventure","description":"My latest grand expedition was back in September in the Arctic. I spent most of the month with Lindblad-National Geographic exploring several of my favorite places: Norway, Greenland, and Iceland. Oddly enough, although I grew up in Southern California, I\u2019ve always been drawn to higher latitudes\u2014the Arctic in the north and Antarctica in the south\u2014and my expedition with Lindblad-National Geographic was a great opportunity to go far north again and get back to some of those favorite places.\u00a0In this episode, you\u2019ll hear about my voyage in the High Arctic with Lindblad-National Geographic. I describe our voyage through the far north of Norway and the volcanic Jan Mayen island. I discuss the spikiest summits I\u2019ve ever seen and explain how frost-shattering weather rocks into jaggy mountains. I describe my fellow passengers on the expedition\u2014including bestselling thriller novelist Lisa Gardner\u2014and their fascinating, diverse backgrounds. You\u2019ll also learn how I conducted an experiment inspired by this podcast\u2019s theme\u2014Spaceship not required\u2014and the characteristics that make an explorer.\u00a0\u201cSpaceship not required\u2014nor a certain job title, nor a certain percentage of your working hours; if you\u2019re curious, going, testing, and learning, you\u2019re legitimately an explorer.\u201d - Kathy Sullivan\u00a0This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores:\u00a0\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sailing among witches\u2019 hats: our voyage through the far north of Norway\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The awe-inspiring Jan Mayen island\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our time at the Northeast Greenland National Park\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The spikiest summits and craziest mountainside I\u2019ve ever seen\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Iceland\u2014a true marine geologist\u2019s paradise\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The site of the first democratic parliament in the world\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0My fellow passengers, their diverse backgrounds, and my mini experiment\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDoing\u201d versus \u201cbeing,\u201d and the things that make an explorer\u00a0Our Favorite Quotes:\u00a0\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe peaks are the result of frost shattering the rock into tiny little bits, so you get absolutely jagged 6,000-foot-tall mountains right above.\u201d - Kathy Sullivan\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI think you\u2019re exploring if you\u2019re tuning in to this podcast, even a little bit, and I hope you keep exploring.\u201d - Kathy Sullivan\u00a0Spaceship Not Required\u00a0I\u2019m Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean.\u00a0I\u2019m an explorer, and that doesn\u2019t always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action.\u00a0In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required.\u00a0Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores.\u00a0Visit my website at kathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improving your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead!\u00a0Don\u2019t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts!\u00a0Spotify I Stitcher I ","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/1dfd0129-13dd-4580-97c9-75e77f559ffc/1472142-1680641322.jpg"}