Bouvet Island
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Search complete. 29 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Bouvet Island".
Sep 14, 2026
Alex SantosHOST
The guard visits, pins the honors, the whole ceremony.
Alex SantosHOST
He's even a baron, Baron of Bouvet Island.
Alex SantosHOST
I promise I'm not making this up.
Chloe BennettHOST
That changes the frame for me.
Steve StocktonHOST
But if you look close, real close, right smack in the middle of all that violent, freezing nothingness, there's a tiny speck of rock.
Steve StocktonHOST
That rock is called Bouvet Island.
Steve StocktonHOST
It is, by every official geographic metric, the most remote piece of land on the planet.
Steve StocktonHOST
It sits over a thousand miles north of the ice shelves of Antarctica and about 1,400 miles southwest of South Africa.
Steve StocktonHOST
And they found absolutely nothing.
Steve StocktonHOST
Then, with a sense of creeping dread, they started looking for bones.
Steve StocktonHOST
Surely, if a crew of shipwrecked sailors had all washed up on Bouvet Island, they would have succumbed to the freezing temperatures within days.
Steve StocktonHOST
Their bodies just had to be here.
Steve StocktonHOST
But if you look close, real close, right smack in the middle of all that violent, freezing nothingness, there’s a tiny speck of rock.
Steve StocktonHOST
That rock is called Bouvet Island.
Steve StocktonHOST
It is, by every official geographic metric, the most remote piece of land on the planet.
Steve StocktonHOST
It sits over a thousand miles north of the ice shelves of Antarctica and about fourteen hundred miles southwest of South Africa.
Steve StocktonHOST
They looked for a shelter made of sailcloth or stone, and they found absolutely nothing.
Steve StocktonHOST
Then with a sense of creeping dread, they started looking for bones.
Steve StocktonHOST
Surely, if a crew of shipwrecked sailors had all washed up on Bouvet Island, they would succumb to the freezing temperatures within days.
Steve StocktonHOST
Their bodies just had to be here.
Steve StocktonHOST
But if you look close, real close, right smack in the middle of all that violent, freezing nothingness, there’s a tiny speck of rock.
Steve StocktonHOST
That rock is called Bouvet Island.
Steve StocktonHOST
It is, by every official geographic metric, the most remote piece of land on the planet.
Steve StocktonHOST
It sits over a thousand miles north of the ice shelves of Antarctica and about 1,400 miles southwest of South Africa.
Steve StocktonHOST
And they found absolutely nothing.
Steve StocktonHOST
Then, with a sense of creeping dread, they started looking for bones.
Steve StocktonHOST
Surely, if a crew of shipwrecked sailors had all washed up on Bouvet Island, they would succumb to the freezing temperatures within days.
Steve StocktonHOST
Their bodies just had to be here.
Steve StocktonHOST
But if you look close, real close, right smack in the middle of all that violent freezing nothingness, there's a tiny speck of rock.
Steve StocktonHOST
That rock is called Bouvet Island.
Steve StocktonHOST
It is, by every official geographic metric, the most remote piece of land on the planet.
Steve StocktonHOST
It sits over a thousand miles north of the ice shelves of Antarctica and about fourteen hundred miles southwest of South Africa.
Steve StocktonHOST
And they found absolutely nothing.
Steve StocktonHOST
Then, with a sense of creeping dread, they started looking for bones.
Steve StocktonHOST
Surely, if a crew of shipwrecked sailors had all washed up on Bouvet Island, they would have succumbed to the freezing temperatures within days.
Steve StocktonHOST
Their bodies just had to be here.
Steve StocktonHOST
But if you look close, real close, right smack in the middle of all that violent freezing nothingness, there's a tiny speck of rock.
Steve StocktonHOST
That rock is called Bouvet Island.
Steve StocktonHOST
It is, by every official geographic metric, the most remote piece of land on the planet.
Steve StocktonHOST
It sits over a thousand miles north of the ice shelves of Antarctica and about fourteen hundred miles southwest of South Africa.
Steve StocktonHOST
And they found absolutely nothing.
Steve StocktonHOST
Then, with a sense of creeping dread, they started looking for bones.
Steve StocktonHOST
Surely, if a crew of shipwrecked sailors had all washed up on Bouvet Island, they would succumb to the freezing temperatures within days.
Steve StocktonHOST
Their bodies just had to be here.
Steve StocktonHOST
But if you look close, real close, right smack in the middle of all that violent, freezing nothingness, there's a tiny speck of rock.
Steve StocktonHOST
That rock is called Bouvet Island.
Steve StocktonHOST
It is, by every official geographic metric, the most remote piece of land on the planet.
Steve StocktonHOST
It sits over a thousand miles north of the ice shelves of Antarctica and about 1,400 miles southwest of South Africa.
Steve StocktonHOST
And they found absolutely nothing.
Steve StocktonHOST
Then, with a sense of creeping dread, they started looking for bones.
Steve StocktonHOST
Surely, if a crew of shipwrecked sailors had all washed up on Bouvet Island, they would've succumbed to the freezing temperatures within days.
Steve StocktonHOST
Their bodies just had to be here.
Steve StocktonHOST
But if you look close, real close, right smack in the middle of all that violent, freezing nothingness, there's a tiny speck of rock.
Steve StocktonHOST
That rock is called Bouvet Island.
Steve StocktonHOST
It is, by every official geographic metric, the most remote piece of land on the planet.
Steve StocktonHOST
It sits over a thousand miles north of the ice shelves of Antarctica and about 1,400 miles southwest of South Africa.
Steve StocktonHOST
And they found absolutely nothing.
Steve StocktonHOST
Then, with a sense of creeping dread, they started looking for bones.
Steve StocktonHOST
Surely, if a crew of shipwrecked sailors had all washed up on Bouvet Island, they would have succumbed to the freezing temperatures within days.
Steve StocktonHOST
Their bodies just had to be here.
Eric GuthHOST
Besides North Korea, what is the other, say, two countries that are the most difficult to get?
Al RovnerGUEST
A lot of these ones like Bouvet, where it takes a huge effort to go there, like Kerguelen Islands, Bouvet, South Georgia, South Sandwich, it, it takes a big ship and a lot of money and 20 operators.
Al RovnerGUEST
The good news is you can usually work them.
Al RovnerGUEST
Uh, I had, I believe it was five contacts with the recent operation from Bouvet.
Al RovnerGUEST
Um, I almost got them on 160.
Al RovnerGUEST
I was trying so hard to get them on 160.
18 MINS LATER
Al RovnerGUEST
The next year, 2018, the developers released de-expedition mode, which is what we call fox-hound mode.
Al RovnerGUEST
As a Fox, I can work three or four stations at once, and I can get my QSO rate, uh, easily, easily in the 2 to 300 an hour or higher.
Steve StocktonHOST
But if you look close, real close, right smack in the middle of all that violent, freezing nothingness, there's a tiny speck of rock.
Steve StocktonHOST
That rock is called Bouvet Island.
Steve StocktonHOST
It is, by every official geographic metric, the most remote piece of land on the planet.
Steve StocktonHOST
It sits over a thousand miles north of the ice shelves of Antarctica and about 1,400 miles southwest of South Africa.
Steve StocktonHOST
And they found absolutely nothing.
Steve StocktonHOST
Then, with a sense of creeping dread, they started looking for bones.
Steve StocktonHOST
Surely, if a crew of shipwrecked sailors had all washed up on Bouvet Island, they would have succumbed to the freezing temperatures within days.
Steve StocktonHOST
Their bodies just had to be here.