Voices from Antarctica
Alison Ballance finds out what it takes to live in and do science in Antarctica, in a podcast series recorded on the frozen continent in November 2019.
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Voices from Antarctica 1: Ice Flight
28 May 2020Alison Ballance dons her extreme cold weather clothing for a trip to Antarctica - but getting to the frozen continent can take time. Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 2: Scott Base
4 Jun 2020Alison Ballance has her first day at New Zealand's Antarctic station, Scott Base, and visits the historic Hillary's Hut. Video, Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 3: Flags to physics
11 Jun 2020Keeping Scott Base warm and well-lit no matter the weather outside, and a physics experiment that eavesdrops on messages to submarines. Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 4: Best journey in the world
18 Jun 2020Alison Ballance meets a colony of Emperor penguins and their NIWA researchers, and finds out about making water on the frozen continent Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 5: Waiting for Emperors
25 Jun 2020Emperor penguin researchers are waiting for tagged birds to return, and an elderly radar system sheds light on a very windy part of the atmosphere. Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 6: Seal songs
2 Jul 2020Alison Ballance eavesdrops on the songs of the world's southern-most mammal, the Weddell seal, and finds out about sea ice. Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 7: What the ice is saying
9 Jul 2020Researchers are using hot water to drill through the Ross ice shelf, to discover what has happened to Antarctic ice during previous periods of warm climates. Audio
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Voices from Antarctica 8: Under the ice
16 Jul 2020Tiny plants that live on the underside of sea ice form an upside-down garden that feeds krill and is the base of the Antarctic food web. Video, Audio
