Antarctica
Voices from Antarctica 7: 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.
AudioVoices from Antarctica 6: Seal songs
Alison Ballance eavesdrops on the songs of the world's southern-most mammal, the Weddell seal, and finds out about sea ice. Audio
Voices from Antarctica 6: Seal songs
Alison Ballance eavesdrops on the songs of the world's southern-most mammal, the Weddell seal, and finds out about sea ice.
Audio‘Melting ice & rising seas’ team wins PM Science Prize
A team finding links between melting ice sheets in Antarctica and rising sea levels in NZ has won the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prize. Audio
‘Melting ice & rising seas’ team wins PM Science Prize
A team finding links between melting ice sheets in Antarctica and rising sea levels in NZ has won the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prize.
AudioOur Changing World for 2 July 2020
Winners of the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prizes include a team studying melting ice and rising seas, a maths teacher and a young inventor. Audio
Antarctica NZ to rebuild NZ's Scott Base
New Zealand's Scott Base is to be redeveloped with the existing base replaced with three interconnected buildings. Audio
Voices from Antarctica 3: Flags to physics
Keeping Scott Base warm and well-lit no matter the weather outside, and a physics experiment that eavesdrops on messages to submarines. Audio
Voices from Antarctica 3: Flags to physics
Keeping Scott Base warm and well-lit no matter the weather outside, and a physics experiment that eavesdrops on messages to submarines.
AudioVoices from Antarctica 2: Scott Base
Alison Ballance has her first day at New Zealand's Antarctic station, Scott Base, and visits the historic Hillary's Hut. Video, Audio
Voices from Antarctica 2: Scott Base
Alison Ballance has her first day at New Zealand's Antarctic station, Scott Base, and visits the historic Hillary's Hut.
Video, AudioVoices from Antarctica 1: Ice Flight
Alison Ballance dons her extreme cold weather clothing for a trip to Antarctica - but getting to the frozen continent can take time. Audio
Voices from Antarctica 1: Ice Flight
Alison Ballance dons her extreme cold weather clothing for a trip to Antarctica - but getting to the frozen continent can take time.
AudioOur Changing World for 21 May 2020
Two gems from Our Changing World's Antarctic archive - restoring Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds and hunting for extremophile microbes high on Mt Erebus. Audio
Calling Home: Chris Long in Tromso, Norway
A member of the 'most isolated family in New Zealand', Chris Long grew up at Gorge River on the West Coast. He now resides in Norway, where he works at the Tromso Wilderness Centre taking visitors on… Audio
A history of Scott Base's early years
Don Webster knows a little bit about isolation and how to handle it, he spent a summer and winter in the 1960s in Antarctica, working as a technician at Scott Base. He's now published a book called… Audio, Gallery
An icy obsession – Antarctica looms large in the career and imagination of science writer Rebecca Priestley
At the NZ Arts Festival 2020, Rebecca Priestley talks about Antarctica with the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor Juliet Gerrard. Audio
Urban Issues in Antarctica!
With over 80 bases on the Antarctic continent, 40,000 tourists a year, and the increasing effects of climate change, the earth's last continent has rapidly developing environmental and 'urban'… Audio
All around the globe - the NZDF has a far reaching remit
Our Defence Force may be small but our troops are spread all over the world, sometimes in conflict zones that have left the headlines, and some places that are unexpected. Audio
All around the globe - the NZDF has a far reaching remit
Our Defence Force may be small but our troops are spread all over the world, sometimes in conflict zones that have left the headlines, and some places that are unexpected.
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