The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck

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• 00:00

  Hello, I'm Brian Cox.

• 00:01

  I'm Robin Hicks, and this is the Infinite Monkey Cage, and it is Christmas Day!

• 00:30

  I'm going back to my room to listen to Heaven 17.

• 00:49

  So today we're going to visit Father Christmas is home and see

• 00:53

  if we can find Santa and discover why Brian didn't get the presents that he demanded as usual Robin is in a linear superposition of right and wrong

• 01:03

  because we are going to the North Pole today but not in search of centre.

• 01:07

  So we will have a little look won't we?

• 01:09

  Maybe, but mainly.

• 01:11

  We'll be looking at how our proximity to the geomagnetic North Pole affects navigation.

• 01:16

  What does the latest research tell us about the northern lights and the behaviour of our star?

• 01:20

  And how is the polar environment changing?

• 01:23

  And what effect is that having on the flora and fauna of the far north?

• 01:27

  And also, what is the best way of hosting a cocktail party at the North Pole?

• 01:31

  Now, astonishingly, that last statement is part of the not-wrong branch of Robin's wave function.

• 01:37

  To help us explore, we are joined by an astrophysicist Arctic explorer, a physiologist,

• 01:42

  marine biologist and a comedian with an antipathy to the aurora borealis,

• 01:48

  for some reason, and they are.

• 01:50

  My name is Felicity Aston, I'm a polar explorer,

• 01:53

  and the coldest temperature I've ever experienced was not at the North Pole,

• 01:58

  I've been there several times.

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