Best of: Extreme Alaska | FULL SHOW | #320




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Summary: When you live in extreme isolation, survival depends on your ability to think on your feet and quickly adapt. Do you have what it takes to live "Life Below Zero" like Sue Aikens? Plus, we look at the issue of ocean acidification, as well as new technology that helps connect people with experts all around the world. | <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PS_070916.mp3" target="_blank">Download Full Episode #320</a> <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/extreme-isolation-segment-1-320" target="_blank">Segment 1: Extreme Isolation</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PS_070916_IHEART_01.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 1</a> Star or National Geographic Channel's "<a href="http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/life-below-zero/" target="_blank">Life Below Zero</a>" (<a href="https://twitter.com/LifeBelowZeroTV" target="_blank">@LifeBelowZeroTV</a>), Sue Aikens, shares the tearful moment she stepped off the plane to become warden of the <a href="http://www.kavikrivercamp.com/" target="_blank">Kavik River Camp</a> in Alaska. <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/trouble-on-the-tundra-segment-2-320" target="_blank">Segment 2: Trouble on the Tundra</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PS_070916_IHEART_02.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 2</a> "I laid here 10 days before somebody found me..." With two dislocated hips and a head wound, star of "<a href="http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/life-below-zero/" target="_blank">Life Below Zero</a>" (<a href="https://twitter.com/LifeBelowZeroTV" target="_blank">@LifeBelowZeroTV</a>), Sue Aikens, hunted down and killed the grizzly bear that left her for dead. The torment didn't end there, however. Sue recalls the terrifying event, blow for blow. <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/life-according-to-sue-segment-3-320" target="_blank">Segment 3: Life According to Sue</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PS_070916_IHEART_03.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 3</a> From the most important tool in the wild to who she's voting for, Alan Taylor launches a rapid-fire Q&amp;A with <a href="http://www.kavikrivercamp.com/" target="_blank">Kavik River Camp</a> Warden, Sue Aikens. <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/wild-wisdom-segment-4-320" target="_blank">Segment 4: Wild Wisdom</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PS_070916_IHEART_04.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 4</a> Sue Aikens of "<a href="http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/life-below-zero/" target="_blank">Life Below Zero</a>" (<a href="https://twitter.com/LifeBelowZeroTV" target="_blank">@LifeBelowZeroTV</a>) offers sage advice for those living the daily grind: Don't let your dreams get lost, sometimes you need to escape. Plus, get the natural headache remedy you can find in the wild. <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/ocean-health-segment-5-320" target="_blank">Segment 5: Ocean Health</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PS_070916_IHEART_05.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 5</a> Our oceans are facing a real problem: They are becoming more acidic. <a href="http://www.xprize.org/" target="_blank">XPRIZE</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/xprize" target="_blank">@xprize</a>) Senior Director, Dr. Paul Bunje, explains how the Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health <a href="http://www.xprize.org/" target="_blank">XPRIZE</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/xprize" target="_blank">@xprize</a>) is designed to motivate teams of researchers to come up with a solution to this crisis. <strong><a href="http://www.ernlive.com/show/popular-science-radio/57/episodes/xperteye-segment-6-320" target="_blank">Segment 6: XpertEye</a> </strong>| <a href="http://ern-wp-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PS_070916_IHEART_06.mp3" target="_blank">Download Segment 6</a> <a href="http://www.ama.bzh/en/xpert-eye-mobility-m1/" target="_blank">XpertEye Mobility M1</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/ama_safrance" target="_blank">@AMA_SAfrance</a>) allows users to connect with a remote expert anywhere in the world. How will this influence trade and medical work? Find out with AMA XpertEye U.S. Director, Anne-Fleur Andrle.