Skip to main content

Ad

nature-iconNature
clock-iconPUBLISHEDDecember 23, 2024
share21

IFLScience We Have Questions: What Attacks You In The Most Remote Place On Earth?

We spoke to explorers Chris and Mika Brown who travelled to Point Nemo.

Rachael Funnell headshot

Rachael Funnell

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.

Senior Science Writer

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.

View full profile
article image

Episode 4 of We Have Questions

Image credit: anucha sirivisansuwan/PorcupenWorks/singh srilom/Shutterstock.com; modified by IFLScience

Point Nemo is the most remote place on Earth, the coordinates where – most of the time – the nearest humans are those occasionally whizzing overhead on the International Space Station. They sail by at a lofty 408 kilometers (253 miles) above the water’s surface, but recently a father-son explorer duo went splashing through the waters of Point Nemo.

The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Chris Brown is on a mission to become the first person to tick off traversing all of the “Poles Of Inaccessibility”, and on his latest adventure, he brought along his son, Mika. It would take them 2,688 kilometers (1,670 miles) from the nearest land – a journey that brought with it enormous swells, incredible sea sickness, and a surprise attack from an animal just as they reached the finish line. So, what was it?

You can listen to this episode and subscribe to the podcast on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Amazon Music, and more.

This interview first appeared in Issue 23 of our digital magazine CURIOUS.


Written by 

Add us as a Google preferred source to see more of our
trusted coverage in Search