In episode two of the Ice and Fire podcast, we are atop the Kennicott Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park with Dr. Eric Petersen and his field team.topics and purpose: audio capture of glacier melt occurring in real-time, continue place-based themes from the surface of a glacier, connect listeners with field research and techniques, share how glacial retreat is measured and how rapidly retreat is occurring terms defined: ablation, ablation stake, ablation zone; glacial retreat; dead glacier; Heucke drill notes: Philipp Arndt, PhD student, contributed to this episode with explanations for how to set an ablation stake

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Ice and Fire: 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 climate warms. Season one is about glacier melt, and connects listeners to distant glaciers rapidly responding to climate change, through dialogue with researchers, traditional knowledge bearers, and by sharing audio of ice-melt in real time.