S01E07: Extreme Conservation

Buckle up! In this episode we have a chat about ‘extreme’ conservation and what that can mean - dangling off buildings, potholing for preservation, or working in extreme conditions. We talk to Cathy Tully, nomadic conservator-in-a-suitcase, and Sophie Rowe, a conservator who recently worked on in Antarctica. 00:00:33 News time! 00:02:40 Abseiling, underground conservation, and other unusual skills 00:05:31 Our extreme experiences (or lack thereof) 00:07:31 Interview with Cathy Tully 00:23:41 The joy of getting specialist supplies in different countries and the value of planning 00:24:22 What would you bring to a desert (island)? 00:25:00 Interpersonal skills and extreme freelancing 00:26:15 Working in politically unstable regions 00:27:41 Interview with Sophie Rowe 00:53:45 It’s serious when you involve the military in some fashion 00:55:11 When technology fails the pencil prevails! 00:57:31 Conservators in space next? 00:58:30 Visitor numbers are impressive on the South Pole! 00:59:06 Health and safety 01:00:51 Summary 01:02:19 Comments, questions, corrections 01:02:26 Patreon shout-out! Show Notes: - Come support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecword - Plastic eating larvae: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/24/plastic-munching-worms-could-help-wage-war-on-waste-galleria-mellonella - ‘Why Conservation Students Should Be Thinking BIG’ by Lucy Branch: https://icon.org.uk/news/why-conservation-students-should-be-thinking-big - UCL Qatar: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/qatar - UK Antarctic Heritage Trust: http://www.ukaht.org/ Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Christina Rozeik. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2017.