Listening to Antarctica

March 16, 2005 8:56 PM

Listening to Antarctica is a daily web diary, including audio clips (RealMedia) of ambient sounds and conversations onboard the Aurora Australis, a research vessel currently on its way to the Australian Antarctic bases. Margot Foster's next port of call is Casey Base.
posted by Jimbob (4 comments total)

Not quite as boring as advertised.
posted by Down10 at 9:35 PM on March 16, 2005

I dig the ambient noises, such as with the March 09 entry. The conversations less so, apart from those that seem to be scripted and communicate a little more.
posted by nthdegx at 5:20 AM on March 17, 2005

Be sure to also check out Dan Grossman's recent reports from Antarctica at Boston's public radio station - WBUR.
posted by ericb at 10:36 PM on March 17, 2005

And anyone interested in Antarctica will be interested in seeing Eliot Porter's photographs, as well as reading Peter Matthiessen's End of the Earth : Voyaging to Antarctica .
posted by ericb at 10:42 PM on March 17, 2005