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Wild Sounds: 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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00:27:26

Voices from Antarctica 07 | What the ice is saying

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/11/05

Researchers 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.To see images and read more about this episode, visit the RNZ website here: Voices from Antarctica: What the ice is sayingGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:29:39

Voices from Antarctica 06 | Seal songs

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/10/29

Alison Ballance eavesdrops on the songs of the world's southern-most mammal, the Weddell seal, and finds out about sea ice.To see images and read more about this episode, visit the RNZ website here: Voices from Antarctica: Seal songsGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:29:30

Voices from Antarctica 05 | Waiting for Emperors

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2025/10/22

Emperor penguin researchers are waiting for tagged birds to return, and an elderly radar system sheds light on a very windy part of the atmosphere.To see images and read more about this episode, visit the RNZ website here: Voices from Antarctica: Waiting for EmperorsGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:29:09

Voices from Antarctica 04 | Best journey in the world

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/10/15

Alison Ballance meets a colony of Emperor penguins and their NIWA researchers, and finds out about making water on the frozen continent.To see images and read more about this episode, visit the RNZ website here: Voices from Antarctica: Best journey in the worldGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:20:52

Voices from Antarctica 03 | Flags to physics

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/10/08

Keeping Scott Base warm and well-lit no matter the weather outside, and a physics experiment that eavesdrops on messages to submarines.To see images and read more about this episode, visit the RNZ website here: Voices from Antarctica: Flags to physicsGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:22:31

Voices from Antarctica 02 | Scott Base

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2025/10/01

Alison Ballance has her first day at New Zealand's Antarctic station, Scott Base, and visits the historic Hillary's Hut.To see images and read more about this episode, visit the RNZ website here: Voices from Antarctica: Scott BaseGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:24:09

Voices from Antarctica 01 | Ice Flight

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/09/24

Alison Ballance dons her extreme cold weather clothing for a trip to Antarctica - but getting to the frozen continent can take time.To see images and read more about this episode, visit the RNZ website here: Voices from Antarctica: Ice FlightGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:00:30

Introducing: Voices from Antarctica

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/09/23

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.To see images and read more about the series, visit the RNZ website here: Voices from AntarcticaGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:29:06

Fight for the Wild 04 | What's in it for us?

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/09/17

In the series finale, Hope, we get a glimpse of what a predator-free Aotearoa could look like, and look at the breakthrough technologies and innovations taking us towards that goal. This episode was first published in May 2021.Watch the video version of the episode here.The final podcast in the series, What's in it for us?, counts both the costs and benefits of Predator Free.It explores the costs of not doing it, before setting out a range of possible, positive outcomes for the economy, our

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00:26:31

Fight for the Wild 03 | Predator-Free 2050 & Māori

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2025/09/10

Community-led projects are leading the charge to halt biodiversity decline, while researchers make break-throughs in their quest to remove predators and protect borders from reinvasion. This episode was first published in May 2021.Watch the video version of the episode here.Episode Three explores the deep relationship between Māori and the natural world.Predator Free 2050 and Māori looks at the vital contribution of Māori towards achieving Predator Free. It begins by exploring the deep relationship

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00:27:13

Fight for the Wild 02 | Remove and protect

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/09/03

New Zealander's have drawn a line in the sand, announcing they will rid the nation of rats, stoats and possums by 2050, but what will it take to get there? This episode was first published in May 2021.Watch the video version of the episode here.Remove and Protect reveals what Aotearoa means to do about the losing battle for our wildlife.It sets out the critical distinction between business-as-usual pest control - simply holding a line - and the step change, and monumental challenge, that is

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00:27:09

Fight for the Wild 01 | Dealing with loss

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/08/27

Loss looks at the devastating effect introduced mammals have had on New Zealand's unique wildlife. This episode was first published in May 2021.Watch the video version of the episode here.Dealing with Loss takes listeners back to Gondwana, to explore just why our native birds are so tragically vulnerable to predation by mammals from another hemisphere.Host Dave Hansford then presents a series of "criminal profiles" introducing listeners to the Predator Free target species: the brushtail

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00:02:23

Introducing: Fight for the Wild

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/08/26

Takes you into the wild heart of Aotearoa, documenting the desperate battle to protect it and exploring the notion of Predator Free 2050.This series was first published in May 2021.Watch the video trailer hereFight for the Wild is a four-part video series that takes viewers into the wild heart of Aotearoa and documents the desperate battle to protect it. It explores the notion of Predator Free 2050 and asks whether this big, bold initiative is achievable and if so, how?In the complementary Fight

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00:24:55

Voice of the Icberg 03 | Adventure

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/08/20

Encounters with blue ice and wildlife prove to be life-changing adventures, when photographer Joseph Michael and his companions venture into the crevasse field of a giant glacier, to capture the blue heart of an Antarctic iceberg. This episode was first published in February 2017.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:22:46

Voice of the Iceberg 04 | Endeavour

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/08/20

Joseph Michael and his film-making companions come face-to-face with the heaving splendour of giant icebergs in the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula. Back in New Zealand, they grapple with how to projection map an 'urban iceberg' onto the exterior of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and how to create a soundscape that blends music with the voices of the icebergs.This episode was first published in February 2017.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:25:46

Voice of the Iceberg 02 | Revelation

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/08/13

The varied sounds and characters of icebergs begin to reveal themselves to a watching team of film-makers. A small iceberg, Yoko, that fizzes and crackles like a soda drink. The dramatic demise of the soaring ice arch, Valentine.This episode was first published in February 2017.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:22:50

Voice of the Iceberg 01 | Discovery

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/08/06

Artist Joseph Michael and a team of eight film-makers head to Antarctica on the yacht Australis, to discover and record the sights and sounds of icebergs. But before they reach the frozen continent and encounter their first bergs they must face the challenge of the notorious Drake Passage.This episode was first released in February 2017.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:00:27

Introducing: Voice of the Iceberg

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/08/06

The next series to join the Wild Sounds feed is Voice of the Iceberg, first published in 2017. Artist Joseph Michael and his team record the characters and sounds of icebergs in Antarctica as he prepares for a major art installation.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:12:11

Voice of the Kākāpō 08 | Success

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/07/30

The 2019 kākāpō chicks are becoming independent and birds sent to be scanned for aspergillosis are getting clean bills of health.This episode was first released on 19 March 2020.The 2019 kākāpō breeding season successfully weathered the aspergillosis crisis, with 72 chicks reaching the milestone of 150 days. Seventy of those juveniles are still alive, although two juveniles subsequently died from late cases of aspergillosis.Since September 2019 the kākāpō population has remained steady at 211

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00:12:10

Voice of the Kākāpō 07 | Dark days

Wild Sounds: Voices from Antarctica ·

2025/07/23

A deadly fungal disease strikes the kākāpō population on Whenua Hou and the Kākāpō Recovery team calls on New Zealand wildlife vets to help.This episode was first released on 17 March 2020.In April 2019, disaster struck the kākāpō population.There was an outbreak of the deadly fungal disease aspergillosis, which would eventually kill two adult females and seven chicks.But against expectations, veterinary experts were able to nurse many birds back to health.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more

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