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Radio 4,8 mins

What does ice sound like?

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Andrew McGibbon explores the sounds and music of the ice, meeting a composer who uses the ice to make music. He discovers the natural and haunting sounds made by the movements of deep frozen ice, ice melting and icebergs calving and colliding. Arild Sundfjord is an Oceanographer who explains why Arctic sea ice matters. First broadcast on The Dying of the Ice, 20 July 2019.

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