Wavelength Podcast with Lorna Siggins
![The author Kevin Cronin on expedition in the Arctic The author Kevin Cronin on expedition in the Arctic](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000i.THwtheS.s/s/767/I0000i.THwtheS.s.jpg)
The disappearance of 129 people led by Sir John Franklin after they set out in 1845 to find a sea route to the Orient by way of the North-west Passage is one of the great mysteries of high-latitude exploration. That’s…
![The tank or armoured vehicle was imported from Kosovo to convert into an The tank or armoured vehicle was imported from Kosovo to convert into an](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000rx.lfqk4qNo/s/767/I0000rx.lfqk4qNo.jpg)
Sam Field Corbett of Sea Stay Galway Questions Row Over Tank Flag
27th March 2023 Wavelength Podcast
Sam Field Corbett, director of a number of marine-based companies in Dublin and Galway, found himself at the centre of criticism last week when a military tank which he had imported to incorporate into an “escape room” was reported to…
![The Angelshark is now a critically endangered species in Irish waters The Angelshark is now a critically endangered species in Irish waters](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000sA867kZ5XmI/s/767/I0000sA867kZ5XmI.jpg)
New Angelshark Action Plan to Support Recovery for Future Generations
19th March 2023 Wavelength Podcast
“Jaws” it ain’t – the Angelshark has more in common with the skate and ray but is now an endangered species. The squat flat shark, appropriately named Squatina squatina, once lived in abundance on sandy and muddy seabed areas on…
![Coastwatch's Karin Dubsky and Toibias Salathe, senior advisor to the UN Ramsar Wetland Convention, at Booterstown Marsh, Dublin Coastwatch's Karin Dubsky and Toibias Salathe, senior advisor to the UN Ramsar Wetland Convention, at Booterstown Marsh, Dublin](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000.Qb_xW1ryGw/s/767/I0000.Qb_xW1ryGw.jpg)
Ireland's Wetlands and Why We Should Care - Tobias Salathé of the UN Ramsar Convention
24th February 2023 Wavelength Podcast
Ireland has 45 fragile flooded habitats which are protected under a UN Convention named after a city on the Caspian Sea. The Ramsar Convention was signed in the city in 1971, and international participation has gradually grown to 172 countries.…
![Inis Mór resident Micheál Ó Goill believes there is still a future for the Naomh Éanna Inis Mór resident Micheál Ó Goill believes there is still a future for the Naomh Éanna](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00006FwKkCRTyc8/s/767/I00006FwKkCRTyc8.jpg)
A Future for the Naomh Éanna - Islander Michéal Ó Goill's Proposal
14th February 2023 Wavelength Podcast
Aran island resident Micheál Ó Goill was all of six years of age when he saw the Naomh Éanna making its first sailing in from Galway to Inis Mór. That was April 1958, and in August of that year, it…
![Norwegian adventurer and oncology nurse Astrid Furholt became the first woman to ski to the South Pole in Roald Amundsen’s tracks Norwegian adventurer and oncology nurse Astrid Furholt became the first woman to ski to the South Pole in Roald Amundsen’s tracks](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00004pJ3xoaE0.Y/s/767/I00004pJ3xoaE0.Y.jpg)
It took her just over sixty days, covering more than 800 miles on skis while pulling a 350-pound sledge. Five years ago, in January 2018, Norwegian adventurer and oncology nurse Astrid Furholt became the first woman to ski to the…
![Internal waves off Northern Trinidad this image was taken from the International Space Station Internal waves off Northern Trinidad this image was taken from the International Space Station](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000vqeucE5kTNo/s/767/I0000vqeucE5kTNo.jpg)
What do the Loch Ness monster, the El Nino effect and dead water at sea have in common? All may be associated with internal waves, a phenomenon of wave motion in which Dr David Henry of the School of Mathematical…
![The IRCG & RNLI boats attend the scene close to Downpatrick Head in north Mayo this past September for the rescue of a sea caver The IRCG & RNLI boats attend the scene close to Downpatrick Head in north Mayo this past September for the rescue of a sea caver](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000IZSe8TKOs24/s/767/I0000IZSe8TKOs24.jpg)
Brian MacCoitir of the Irish Cave Rescue Organisation Recalls Downpatrick Head Rescue
23rd December 2022 Wavelength Podcast
There have been many extraordinary rescue efforts in Irish waters over the past year. One which few involved will ever forget lasted 22 hours, close to Downpatrick Head in north Mayo this past September. It took 14 hours alone to…
![Maria Simonds Gooding and Mícheál Ó Gaoithín outside her cottage in Ceathrú, Dún Chaoin Maria Simonds Gooding and Mícheál Ó Gaoithín outside her cottage in Ceathrú, Dún Chaoin](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000gB6pFRw9.y0/s/635/I0000gB6pFRw9.y0.jpg)
Maria Simonds-Gooding, The Blasket Painter and Kerry Coastal Life
8th December 2022 Wavelength Podcast
Award-winning Irish and international artist Maria Simonds-Gooding has a unique relationship with the Kerry coastline, where she lives, and she introduced the Blasket island of Inis Mhic Oileáin to its late owners, Charles J Haughey. Life on the Great Blasket,…
![Galway Paramedic Patrick Dunne, a keen kitesurfer and sailor, has set up a petition opposing controversial Beach Bye-Laws in Galway Galway Paramedic Patrick Dunne, a keen kitesurfer and sailor, has set up a petition opposing controversial Beach Bye-Laws in Galway](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000CAaxxQRye5M/s/767/I0000CAaxxQRye5M.jpg)
A Galway Paramedic on His Petition Opposing Controversial Beach Bye-Laws
21st November 2022 Wavelength Podcast
Paramedic Patrick Dunne is a keen kitesurfer, windsurfer, sailor, swimmer and general watersports enthusiast who has volunteered with the RNLI. He has initiated a petition opposing Galway County Council’s new draft bye-laws which propose to ban watersports apart from swimming…
![Marine archaeologist Mensun Bound Menson Bound, Director of Exploration of Endurance22 expedition on the sea ice of Weddell Sea, in the Antarctic](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000tTuv5551tpQ/s/767/I0000tTuv5551tpQ.jpg)
Marine Archaeologist Mensun Bound: “Nothing Compares with Finding the Endurance...”
3rd November 2022 Wavelength Podcast
Marine archaeologist Mensun Bound has witnessed great works of art lying on the seabed and chests overflowing with treasure, but says, “nothing compares with finding the Endurance....” Speaking at the recent Shackleton Autumn School in Athy, Co Kildare, Bound described…
![The Ringsend sailing trawler 'Irene' The Ringsend sailing trawler 'Irene'](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ONjlcKwzhNg/s/767/I0000ONjlcKwzhNg.jpg)
Ringsend Sailing Trawlers: Cormac Lowth's New Book is Launched at Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club
15th October 2022 Wavelength Podcast
“Broken hoops on the shore; at the land a maze of dark cunning nets; farther away chalk scrawled backdoors and on the higher beach a drying line with two crucified shirts. Ringsend: wigwams of brown steersman and master mariners. Human…
![Paul Hopkins and Phil Pugh set out on their journey Paul Hopkins and Phil Pugh set out on their journey](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000tukmIn7jLJ4/s/767/I0000tukmIn7jLJ4.jpg)
Flares Up: A Story Bigger than the Atlantic - New Book Reveals Drama of Transatlantic Rowing Adventure
1st October 2022 Wavelength Podcast
English firefighter Paul Hopkins (55) had recovered from a brain haemorrhage and entrepreneur Phil Pugh (65) was renowned for undertaking extreme physical challenges in honour of his son when they rowed into Antigua in a fourth-hand wooden rowing boat in…
![University of Galway expert Prof Dearbháile Morris - the current EU bathing water quality directive requires updating University of Galway expert Prof Dearbháile Morris - the current EU bathing water quality directive requires updating](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Upq5Rn6FIlQ/s/500/I0000Upq5Rn6FIlQ.jpg)
Sea Swimmers Maybe Better Protected Against Harmful Organisms - Research
16th September 2022 Wavelength Podcast
Preliminary research into the impact of harmful organisms in bathing water suggests that regular sea swimmers leading a healthy life may have some protection. University of Galway expert Prof Dearbháile Morris cautions that the indications are preliminary, and require more…
![Danú of Galway in Rodefjord, eastern Greenland Danú of Galway in Rodefjord, eastern Greenland](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000VldIBgSKb3A/s/767/I0000VldIBgSKb3A.jpg)
Danú of Galway Adventurers Record Scientific Achievements in Greenland's Fjord System
3rd September 2022 Wavelength Podcast
You don’t want to run out of Marmite, butter or Guinness on board a yacht in a remote part of Greenland. One piece of advice from a very elated Richard Darley, who sailed the 3,300 nautical mile trip by Danú…
![Loop Head writer Marc Ó Riain Loop Head writer Marc Ó Riain](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000MnpJ7lXpbFM/s/767/I0000MnpJ7lXpbFM.jpg)
The Last of The Light by Marc Ó Riain Captures Images of Loop Head Peninsula
17th August 2022 Wavelength Podcast
The Last of the Light is a collection of memories, short stories and beautiful images from the Loop Head peninsula by Kilkee writer Marc Ó Riain. The author aimed to capture “the images, sounds and smells, the very taste of…