No one owns Antarctica.
It’s up to us to protect it.
You’re invited.
The Next Great Adventure:
Learning to live sustainably on Earth
What this is
Thin Ice is a podcast, a platform, and a point of view.
It’s conversations with people who have taken up The Next Great Adventure:
Learning to live sustainably on Earth.
Why this matters
Today, Antarctica is protected by international agreement. The question is whether this protection will hold …
And whether it will matter if we don’t change how we live.
What you’re
invited to
This isn’t about having all the answers or tearing down the modern world.
It’s about paying attention.
Learning what works.
Letting go of what doesn’t.
What’s at stake
Expeditions
From the South to North Pole
and worlds in between.
As witness
To a place that demands respect
and reminds us what’s at stake.
What happens here echoes there.
What happens there affects us all.
As seeker
Of antidotes to the consequences
of ‘success’ and forgetfulness.
Remembering what truly enriches life
for people, this planet, and its natural places and inhabitants.
Podcast
Return to Ross:
Closing the Loop, Opening the Future
Forty years after his ship sank off the coast of Antarctica, Robert Swan returns to Cape Evans —
to reflect on what’s changed … and what hasn’t.
Our promise: The voices in your head are your business, but the voices on Thin Ice are 100% human.
The humans
Robert Swan and Dan Smith
We come from different paths
but move in the same direction,
each shaped by where we’ve been
and what we’ve seen.
We’ve experienced that Antarctica
strips you of vanity and demands respect.
It changes how you see the world —
and your place in it.
Our journey continues together on Thin Ice.
Looking. Listening. Learning.
And inviting you to do the same.
Find your path
Where we look, listen and learn
A short list of places we trust for deeper learning, credible conservation, and practical ways to begin
Antarctic & Southern
Ocean Coalition
Protects Antarctica and the Southern Ocean through science-based policy, advocacy and international cooperation.
Develops and deploys creative solutions that help people live in harmony with nature.
Connects people with local organizations, action opportunities and other ways to help.
Founded by Barney Swan to regenerate a razed section of Australia’s Daintree Rainforest and create replicable models for rainforest regeneration in other countries. Donate to plant a tree and follow its growth into a new canopy.
Teach the children
Protection begins with caring. Caring begins with knowing.
To bring Antarctica to life for children, Oddizzi.com and Robert Swan present an award-winning video series — designed for ages 5 to 11, but engaging for adults as well!
The videos are free and available to all.
Explore the two-part series at 2041school.com.
Global Recognition
The 2041 School videos won:
Geographical Publisher’s Gold Award, 2024 and 2023
Education Resources Award for Free Primary Resource
BETT Award for Free Digital Content