8: King Edward Point
8: King Edward Point  
Podcast: The Coldest Shift
Published On: Sun Feb 08 2026
Description: In the final episode - Rachel finds herself unexpectedly the G.P. to one of the most beautiful places in the world with only penguins, and multitudes of seals (and a small team) for company. As the pandemic's days seem numbered we learn about day to day life on South Georgia for its human and wildlife populations. Life, death and cooking. --Presented by Dr. Rachel Varnam and Dr. Jenna Plank.The series is produced by Rachel Varnam and John Wakefield. The Executive Producers are Claire Broughton and Laura Varnam. The Studio Engineer was Alex O’Donovan (who went above and beyond to make sure you heard this series).Follow Rachel’s adventure on Instagram @coldestshiftpod ---Music blue dot sessions - www.sessions.blue'Goodbye Fare Ye Well' by Gibb Schreffler and the Claremont Colleges Chanty Singers and 'The Windlass Project' used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (international): creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/© 2022 by Gibb Schreffler (Dept. of Music, Pomona College)Original Material - https://soundcloud.com/gibb-schreffler/goodbye-fare-ye-well---Excerpt from Boris Johnson's statement to the nation, used under the Open Government Licence - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Original statement - https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-statement-on-coronavirus-covid-19-10-february-2021---With thanks to the British Antarctic Survey and the British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit. Learn more about their crucial work at www.bas.ac.uk---Image credit - Rachel Varnam.--- ‘The Coldest Shift’ is a Hat Trick Podcast.A huge thank you for everyone who has made 'The Coldest Shift' possible. Thank you for listening.