Audio: Breaking Ice in the Arctic

Jessica Robertson, U.S. Geological Survey Public Affairs Specialist

http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/arctic/files/2008/09/ice-breaking-50-seconds.mp3

Do you want to know what it sounds like to break ice in the Arctic Ocean? This audio file is of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy doing exactly that. This recording was taken outside on the ship’s bow, so you can hear the ice breaking on the ship and the wind in the background. We can hear similar sounds in the messdeck, gym, and other places throughout the ship including my room, where it often wakes me from my sleep.

• About the Blog

  The 2009 U.S.-Canada Arctic Continental Shelf Survey is underway from August 7 - September 16. Blog posts from sea are authored by the various agencies collaborating during the expedition. More information on the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project can be found at continentalshelf.gov.

• Main Menu

  Home

• Follow the Journey

  RSS Feed Comments
  
  Follow the journey around the Arctic on map
  
  

• Live Photos from the Healy

  • 2009 Journey
    (Aug 7, 2009 to Now)
  • 2008 Journey
    (Sept 5 - Oct 6, 2008)

• Participating Organizations

  

• Recent Chronicles

  • New Discovery: An Underwater Mountain
  • Unmanned Vehicles Gliding Undersea
  • What Happens to the Data? Archiving and Distribution
  • Fledermaus – It’s Like a Video Game for Science
  • The Otherworldly Sights and Sounds of the Arctic

• Categories

  • 2009
  • General
  • Journey
  • Sounds

• Archived Chronicles

  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008

• Links

  • Comment Policy
  • Expedition to Map the Arctic Seafloor
  • Extended Continental Shelf Project
  • Extended Continental Shelf Project
  • U.S.-Canada Joint Expedition to Survey the Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic
  • USGS.gov