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We might think that exploring Antarctica, one of the most inhospitable regions of the world, is something that has no relevance to us or future generations. According to Martin Siegert, we couldn't be more wrong. | Read along while listening at our Medium: bit.ly/1SkZ5oO | Narrated by Angus Waite | Music by Dexter Britain | Martin is a Professor of Geosciences and co-director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London. His research, in the field of glaciology, involves acquiring data from unexplored parts of Antarctica and exploring Antarctic subglacial lakes for signs of life. He is well known among his students for telling the best stories about Antarctic explorers.