Antarctica: Life on the Ice is a co-production of IEEE Spectrum Radio and The National Science Foundation and features reporter Glenn Zorpette exploring the coldest region on the planet, its inhabitants and the scientific research underway at the South Pole.

Glenn traveled to Antarctica as a guest of the National Science Foundation and had unrestricted access to U.S. bases and facilities, where he interviewed scientists, bakers, bureaucrats, technicians, disbursement clerks, environmentalists, survival trainers, helicopter pilots, painters, a bartender, and a masseuse.