Polar Alien Hunters

Today on Polar Times we're talking aliens! By which we mean invasive non-native species of course. Our guests today are Jesamine Bartlett from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and Arlie McCarthy of the University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey who are the founders of Polar Alien Hunters.  Your host, once again, is Jack Buckingham who will be asking WHAT are invasive species? HOW do they get to polar place? WHY are they bad news and most importantly CAN we do anything about it?  You can check out Polar Alien Hunters' great resources at: www.polaralienhunters.com or find the on twitter @Polar_Aliens Email Polar Times at [email protected], tweet APECS @Polar_Research and let us know your questions for polar people or guest recommendations! Episode edited by Elise Gallois Cover art by Matthew Nelson Music: "Scuba" by Metre, Nul Tiel Records, US (unaltered) CC BY-NC-SA