Coming soon: Antarctica Calling
The podcast that explores Antarctica through sound
What does the "silent continent" sound like?
Join expedition guide and sound recordist Simone Eringfeld on a journey into the sounds of Antarctica — from penguin colonies and close-up whale encounters to cracking ice and underwater icebergs.
Over three months working aboard ships in the Antarctic Peninsula, Simone set out to listen to a place known as "the last wilderness", often imagined as empty, pristine, unspoiled by humans, and silent. Yet what she discovered was a region far from silent: a vibrant, constantly moving soundscape, above and below the water. She also recorded something less expected: the growing sonic presence (and pollution) of Antarctic tourism.
For her PhD research, Simone engaged tourists in listening workshops, inviting them to experience Antarctica through their ears rather than through their cameras. What emerged was a striking tension: the more closely people listened, the more alive Antarctica seemed. But it also confronted people with their own presence, and the sounds they themselves were introducing into the landscape...
The result is a different way of understanding Antarctica: not as a frozen, silent wilderness, but as a dynamic acoustic environment — one in which humans are increasingly becoming part of the soundscape.
The podcast “Antarctica Calling” turns this research into an immersive audio experience, allowing listeners to embark on a sonic journey to Antarctica and explore its varied soundscapes by ear.
Release date: October 8, 2026
For questions and inquiries, please get in touch via the contact page.
Join expedition guide and sound recordist Simone Eringfeld on a journey into the sounds of Antarctica — from penguin colonies and close-up whale encounters to cracking ice and underwater icebergs.
Over three months working aboard ships in the Antarctic Peninsula, Simone set out to listen to a place known as "the last wilderness", often imagined as empty, pristine, unspoiled by humans, and silent. Yet what she discovered was a region far from silent: a vibrant, constantly moving soundscape, above and below the water. She also recorded something less expected: the growing sonic presence (and pollution) of Antarctic tourism.
For her PhD research, Simone engaged tourists in listening workshops, inviting them to experience Antarctica through their ears rather than through their cameras. What emerged was a striking tension: the more closely people listened, the more alive Antarctica seemed. But it also confronted people with their own presence, and the sounds they themselves were introducing into the landscape...
The result is a different way of understanding Antarctica: not as a frozen, silent wilderness, but as a dynamic acoustic environment — one in which humans are increasingly becoming part of the soundscape.
The podcast “Antarctica Calling” turns this research into an immersive audio experience, allowing listeners to embark on a sonic journey to Antarctica and explore its varied soundscapes by ear.
Release date: October 8, 2026
For questions and inquiries, please get in touch via the contact page.
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