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October 23, 2026 - Shackleton's Endurance, The Isdal Woman

Twenty eight men lose their ship to Antarctic ice and refuse to lose each other, and in a Norwegian valley a woman is found with every label removed from everything she owned: two true stories about endurance, identity, and never giving up on a single person. Inspirational true stories, emotional life stories, human kindness, and lessons in life — told in conversation.

In this episode, Sarah and David explore Shackleton's Endurance expedition of 1914 to 1916 and the Isdal Woman mystery of 1970 — an open-boat rescue voyage of eight hundred miles, and a cold case that science may still solve…

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