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Episode Notes
On Seascapes tonight, Fergal Keane visits the a troop of Sea Scouts and hears all about the movement.
The 5th Port Sea Scouts say they have the best Den in the country, on Bull Island. We take a look around and meet some of the young members.
Also, Norwegian adventurer, Astrid Furholt was the first woman to ski to the South Pole and she spoke to Lorna Siggins recently.
In just over sixty days, covering more than 800 miles on skis while pulling a 350-pound sledge in 2017/18, Norwegian adventurer and oncology nurse Astrid Furholt became the first woman to ski to the South Pole in Roald Amundsen's tracks.
By then she had already crossed the Greenland ice cap, traversed Spitsbergen, and was one of the very few to have crossed the Campo Hielo de Norte or Northern Patagonian icefield.
Furholt, who was invited to the recent Shackleton autumn school in Athy, Co Kildare, spoke to Lorna Siggins who first asked her what motivated her to take on the challenge.