Catherine Ryan says:
Hi
Since the Imagining Antarctica Conference, with all it’s interest and inspiration, we (me, ABC producer Justine Sloane-Lees, ABC sound engineer Garry Havrillay and 2 fabulous actors, Glenda Linscott and Daniela Farinacci) have been making the Radio Play Aurora Calling: The Results of a Joint Observation.
It will be broadcast in 2 episodes, over 2 weeks in December, and available on line after broadcast. I wanted to let you know, just in case it’s of interest to you.
Broadcast on the Airplay Program:
Sunday 7 & 14 December at 3pm (repeated Friday 12 & 26, 9pm)
Radio National (Australia) 621 AMThen Available for online listening, from the day after broadcast at
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/From the ABC promo blurb:
Based on the real-life experiences of two Australian women, Aurora Calling:The Results of a Joint Observation is a fascinating exploration of both the world of science and the realm of human experience and emotion. Trisha and Jackie became friends when they were studying at the Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research. Both women are upper atmospheric physicists investigating auroras. To further their research they travel to the polar regions where this amazing phenomenon occurs Trisha to Alaska, and Jackie to Antarctica. Poles apart, the two must rely on email to keep in touch and support each other as they try to juggle both professional and personal life. Living so far away from home in these extreme, but beautiful landscapes, their daily lives hold together the vastness of the upper atmosphere, the minutae of scientific observations, the domestically everyday and the intensity of small isolated community. Like the unpredictable, breathtaking aurora, the year of this story throws up unexpected challenges for Trisha and Jackie. Their friendship over such difficult distance proves crucial, as they navigate themselves through their worlds of ice, darkness, work, frustration, light, love and loneliness.
All the best,
CheersCatherine
Catherine Ryan
Writer/Dramaturg