Tiny 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.To see images and read more about this episode, visit the RNZ website here: Voices from Antarctica: Under the iceGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Voices from Antarctica 07 | What the ice is saying
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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Voices from Antarctica 06 | Seal songs
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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Voices from Antarctica 05 | Waiting for Emperors
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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Voices from Antarctica 04 | Best journey in the world
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
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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