The World's Most Astonishing Rescue Missions Get a 20-Part Podcast

Malcolm Roberts, an engineer for the British Antarctic Survey, reported to the sickbay of his research station in April 2015. He went because he was feeling faint, but he stayed because he began vomiting a large amount of blood. It turned out he was suffering from a large gastric bleed. There was no blood for a transfusion, and there was no way to stop the bleeding. He needed a hospital as soon as possible.

The race to save Roberts was on, but it was much more complicated than a simple airlift: The engineer was at the Halley Research Station, which sits on an ice shelf in Antarctica's Weddell Sea. The average temperature is -20 degrees Celsius and the closest help is in Chile, some 40 hours of flight time away, making a medevac nearly impossible with the coming winter weather.

Roberts' story is one of the latest episodes of "Rescue," a new podcast from Sony Music Entertainment. Its host, Marine Corps veteran and survival expert Donny Dust, brings us the incredible stories behind these rescues and numerous others, many from the farthest reaches of the globe.

Dust is an expert in remote, primitive survival, historical technologies and emergency preparedness. On top of authoring two books on the subject, he also designed his own wilderness self-reliance training and education course and serves as a technical adviser and expert for film and television, having worked on productions like "Alone: the Arctic" for the History Channel, "Mud, Sweat and Beards" on the USA Network and Discovery's "First Man Out."

The story of an Antarctic engineer slowly bleeding out is just the beginning. Roberts' rescue was hampered by volcanoes, sleep deprivation and refueling issues. He would go on to survive his condition and make a full recovery, but the journey was an emotional one for everyone involved; it turns out extreme rescues are extreme in every possible way.

How does someone rescue miners trapped stories below ground? Or climbers stuck on one of the highest peaks in the United States? What do we do if someone needs immediate help aboard the International Space Station? These are all stories "Rescue" will cover in its first 20-episode run. The show includes firsthand accounts of the everyday people who made these daring rescues possible, along with experts in search and rescue operations.

Episodes of "Rescue" are now available on Apple Podcasts.

-- Blake Stilwell can be reached at blake.stilwell@military.com. He can also be found on Facebook, X or on LinkedIn.

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