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A glacier is disappearing. An artist is trying to preserve its sound.

What does a melting glacier sound like? Artist Ludwig Berger attempts to record a disappearing environment.Credit...By Lutz Stautner

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By Lutz Stautner

Mr. Stautner is a filmmaker. He spent time with sound artist Ludwig Berger at the Morteratsch Glacier in Switzerland.

When I first heard Ludwig Berger’s recordings of a melting glacier, I could hardly believe they were real. They reflected what I’d long associated with glaciers: complexity, excitement, life.

By approaching the glacier through sound, by making it seem alive, Berger gave me a whole........

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