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Alexandre Machado, a Brazilian podcaster from Curitiba, created the "Rumo ao Endurance" podcast to document the Endurance 22 expedition — the 2022 search that located Ernest Shackleton's sunken ship in the Weddell Sea.9:40 Machado traces his connection to Antarctic exploration to an Amyr Klink lecture he attended while working at Telesp in São José do Rio Preto, and later to Caroline Alexander's book *Endurance*, which he first found at an airport bookshop and reread in 2010 to push through a difficult master's thesis in cryptography at USP's Escola Politécnica.6:34 He built a home studio in a converted bathroom, recorded the podcast on a smartphone, and edited in Filmora, following the Endurance 22 expedition daily — including live Q&A sessions where he submitted questions from Brazil.11:26 He notes that some expedition moments he captured appear nowhere in the official Disney+ documentary.12:36 He also summarizes the original 1914–1916 Shackleton story: the Endurance became trapped and crushed by Weddell Sea ice, the crew drifted on pack ice, reached Elephant Island by lifeboat, and all 28 men survived.28:57 A second podcast, distinct from "Rumo ao Endurance," covers broader Antarctic topics.14:51

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