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EPISODE · Aug 21, 2025 · 2 MIN

To hear an iconic sound of the Northwest, listen to snow melting on Hurricane Ridge

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What does the Pacific Northwest sound like to you?  Is it the tide rolling over a rocky beach? The wind across the Palouse? Or maybe a ferry horn echoing across the Puget Sound? On Soundside, we occasionally ask field recordists about THEIR iconic sounds of the northwest. Today, we hear from Gordon Hempton, also known as the Sound Tracker. He sent us a recording of snow melting on Hurricane Ridge on the Olympic Peninsula.  GUEST: Gordon Hempton, acoustic ecologist and Emmy Award winning sound recordist  Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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