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Ep. 395: When Things Go South Up North

The MeatEater Podcast

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Is There a Human Presence on Wrangel Island?

In 1914, there's no human presence on Wrangel Island. That's the last known place that had woolly mammoths. The expedition was scuttled when Putin invaded Ukraine and then like his they were called Russia. They start coming down with this swelling sickness. Their limbs are getting really, some of their hands and feet are swelling to like twice their normal size.

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