Ice and Fire

Series produced by Theresa Soley

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Listen to climate change in Alaska through place-based narrative.

Ice and Fire is a podcast that uses audio storytelling to share glacier change as the global climate warms. Season one emphasizes the significance of glacier melt, and connects listeners to distant glaciers rapidly responding to anthropogenic climate change through dialogue with researchers, traditional knowledge-bearers, and by sharing audio of ice-melt in real time.


6 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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In the last full episode of the season, we travel to the Greenland ice sheet and hear from a researcher who collects data at the face of tidewater ...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 23:22
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We hear what makes tidewater glacier habitat an acoustic refuge, and why glaciers are important to other species in the ecosystem.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 19:11
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We listen to part of the glacier travel story shared in the book "Do Glaciers Listen?" Frank Olive, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, shares...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 08:30
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We hear from Judy Ramos in Lingít Aaní. She tells us about the history of glacier travel in the region, and about the Spirit of the Glacier.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 24:28
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Theresa reports from atop the Kennicott Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park with Dr. Eric Petersen and his field team.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 17:09
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Hear from your host, Theresa Soley, as she shares her unexpected interest in glacial ice.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 24:45