Fringey Mini: Ice, Ice Maybe

Journey to the Fringe · Aug 12, 2026 · 8m · transcript

This week, we look at the Antarctic tour guides who loved the ice… right up until they couldn’t. Between collapsing glaciers, overwhelmed penguins, and tourists cheering at all the wrong moments, the moral math stopped mathing. So we dig into what happens when your dream job turns into an existential crisis — and why Antarctica might need fewer visitors and more boundaries.

https://theconversation.com/i-cant-work-in-the-farce-of-climate-change-cruise-tourism-anymore-why-antarctic-guides-quit-their-dream-jobs-286216

Music credits: Piotr Pacyna- Corduroy and Cheese

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