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It's the last MNWKY Rewind before the break is over and we are back! This time we bring in Corey for a space focused episode talking about the experiment that is HI-SEAS Mars. Sources: HI-SEAS, Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation When A Mars Simulation Goes Wrong, Marina Koren, The Atlantic The Habitat Podcast, Gimlet Media

On this episode of MNWKY Rewind we go back to one our favorite topics...caves! This week we revisit the absolutely terrifying story of the Plura Cave Tragedy. Sources: The cavers who went back for their friends, William Kremer, BBC News Diving Into the Unknown, Amazon Prime

On this episode of MNWKY Rewind, we go back to our famous deadly mountain, Everest, with the mysterious disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irving. Sources: George Mallory, British Explorer and Mountaineer, Encyclopedia Britannica What Really Happened to George Mallory and Andrew Irvine?, Killer Climbs Mount Everest – Archaeology in the Death Zone, Lars Pilo, Secrets of the Ice Ghosts of Everest, Eric Simonson, Jochen Hemmleb, Larry Johnson, Outside Magazine Lost on Everest, National Geographic, Renan Ozturk

Time to switch gears on this next episode of Mother Nature Will Kill You Rewind. This time we go back to the Great Storm of 1900, otherwise known as the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Return for new content and regular episodes on March 4th, 2024. See you then:) Sources: Isaac’s Storm, Eric Larson Tropical cyclone, Storm Surge , Wikipedia Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, National Hurricane Center The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, NOAA, Ron Trumbla

Time to finish our first trip down memory lane with the second chapter of the story of Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance. Mother Nature Will Kill You Rewind is our way to say thank you while we are on break. Visit some episodes from the podcast's past, and some stories you may have forgotten about. Come back for regular and new episodes on March 4th :) Sources: Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, Alfred Lansing The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Wikipedia Chasing Ernest: A Journey to South Georgia to Find the Ghost of Shackleton, Kraig Becker, Popular Mechanics

Time to take a trip down memory lane with Mother Nature Will Kill You Rewind as Haley and Jillian go on a long needed break. In this episode we revisit the story of Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance expedition and their incredible story of survival. A story that Jillian brings up constantly.

It's our last episode before the break! Today, Jillian lightens the mood (a little bit, not a lot, this is Jillian we are talking about) and talks about legendary Hawaiian Surfers Eddie Aikau and Duke Kahanamoku. Haley brings conservation corner back to birds with the Hawaiian honey creeper. Sources The surfing life story of Eddie Aikau, Surfing Today Examining The Death of Eddie Aikau (Eddie Would Go), Michael Woodsmall, The Inertia  Eddie Aikau: The Rad Life of a Hawaiian Surfing Legend, Lorraine Boissoneualt,  JSTOR 1978 Voyage to Tahiti Canceled After Hokule’a Capsizes, Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions Duke Kahanamoku and The Superhuman Rescue, Gordy Grundy, The Inertia Heroic efforts of “Duke” of Corona del Mar Remembered, David Henley, Daily Pilot Duke Kahanamoku Part 2: The Day He Saved Eight Souls, Roy Tomizawa, The Olympians  The Duke Kahanamoku Story, Duke Kahanamoku.com

Haley and Jillian talk about holiday traditions before jumping into the heavy story of the 1936 Eiger Disaster. Haley brings the vibe back with a conservation corner about Alpine Ibex. Happy New Years! Sources: Toni Kurz and the Insanity of Climbing Mountains, Gene Smith, The Less Wrong Podcast Tragedies on the Mountain: The Eiger 1936, Rob Slade, Wired for Adventure The Eiger - Wall of Death, BBC Alpine Ibex, Animalia.bio

Haley and Jillian go to the north pole...or almost, with the complete disaster and how-not-to of the Polaris Expedition. Haley talks about Santa's favorite animal for conservation corner, the Reindeer, or Caribou. Sources: Polaris Expedition, Wikipedia What happened to the Polaris Expedition and did it lead to Murder? Discovery.com Wait. Did That Really Happen? Potential Poison on the Polaris, Emily Niekrasz, Smithsonian Institution Archives ENVS 15: The Earth’s Cold Regions, The Polaris Expedition, Dartmouth College The Polaris expedition and the problem of bias in Arctic exploration history, Nanna Katrine Luders Kaalund, Arctic Relations

Jillian and Haley round out their Titanic special with the survival stories of Margaret "Molly" Brown and Charles Joughin, and talk about the Titanic/Olympic switch conspiracy theory. Sources: Houston woman missing at Big Bend National Park found after a week, park rangers say, ABC news Meet Margaret "Molly" Brown, Historic Denver.com 11 Unsinkable Facts About 'Titanic' Survivor Molly Brown, Cailey Lindberg, Mental Floss The Incredible Story of Charles Joughin and How He Survived The Titanic, Gina Dimuro, All That's Interesting The Amazing Story of Titanic Survivor Charles Joughin, Andre Nolan, Titanic Universe The head baker of the Titanic spent two hours in frigid water and emerged with only swollen feet, Ada McVean, McGill University Charles Joughin, Wikipedia Revived Titanic-Olympic 'switch' conspiracy sunk by ships' differences, Reuters Fact Check, Reuters

Jillian finally watches the 1997 James Cameron classic, Titanic, and talks about the real disaster. Haley talks about the only animal today that could have seen the wreck and lived long enough to tell us about it, the Greenland Shark. Sources: How Did The Titanic Sink, BBC Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours, Amy Tikkanen, Encyclopedia Britannica Titanic Facts.net Irish Man Eugene Daly’s eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic, Senan Moloy Irish Central 10 Titanic Survivors Describe What The Sinking Was Actually Like, Elise Hennigan, Ranker Sunken Dreams: The Finns on Board the Titanic, Jarno Linnolahti, Elizabeth Uchanov  Titanic: The True Story Behind the Movie’s Controversial Shootings, Christy Box, Screen Rant Greenland Shark, Wikipedia A Mysterious Greenland shark showed up in Belize, thousands of miles from its arctic home, Zoe Zottile, CNN Old and cold: extreme longevity in Greenland Sharks, David Malmquist, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Haley and Jillian enter the terrifying world of Mammoth Cave with the story of Floyd Collins before Haley talks about a local Kentucky cryptid, the Pope Lick Monster. Happy Halloween! Sources: Tragedy at Sand Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park The Kentucky Cave Wars, Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave National Park, Wikipedia The Agonizing Death of Floyd Collins, The Cave Explorer Who Was Trapped Underground for 17 Days Before He Finally Perished, Austin Harvey, All That Is Interesting Pope Lick Monster, Cryptid Wiki