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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Voices from Antarctica 01 | Ice Flight
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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Introducing: 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.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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Fight for the Wild 04 | What's in it for us?
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 exports, for Aotearoa's standing on the world stage - and most importantly, for ourselves and those who will follow.In one of the last interviews Sir Rob Fenwick gave before his death in March 2020, he talks about what Predator Free meant to him, and estimates our chances of success.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Fight for the Wild 03 | Predator-Free 2050 & Māori
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 between Māori and the natural world, and the ways in which the loss of biodiversity impact on the identity and well-being of Māori, and on the very culture itself.Commentators set out their expectations around Predator Free, and we explore the chance it offers for tino rangatiratanga, and a genuine bicultural partnership. They talk too, about how, by healing Nature, people can themselves be healed.Go 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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