8 Apr 2021

Alison Ballance retrospective 3: Voice of the Iceberg

From Our Changing World, 9:06 pm on 8 April 2021

Alison Ballance made two trips to Antarctica during her 12 years as host of Our Changing World. She also visited ‘virtually’ with an award-winning podcast series that celebrated the sounds of icebergs.

Iceberg Valentine

The spectacular arch of the iceberg Valentine. Photo: Joseph Michael

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In this week’s icy retrospective, Alison revisits the Voice of the Iceberg series, in which artist Joseph Michael and his team recorded the characters and sounds of icebergs in Antarctica.

In Part 2: Revelation, the varied personalities of different icebergs began to reveal themselves.

Visit the Voice of the Iceberg webpage to see Joseph Michael’s stunning photos.

Voice of the Iceberg won Best Creative Feature at the 2018 NZ Radio Awards.