Singing Iceberg.

Posted by Alex in Science & Tech, Travel & Places on November 28, 2005 at 1:49 am


Scientists from the Alfred Wegener’s Institute for polar research had captured the sounds made by a colliding iceberg.

" Tracking the signal, the scientists found a 50 by 20 kilometer iceberg that had collided with an underwater peninsula and was slowly scraping around it.

‘Once the iceberg stuck fast on the seabed it was like a rock in a river,’ said scientist Vera Schlindwein. ‘The water pushes through its crevasses and tunnels at high pressure and the iceberg starts singing.’ "

The MP3 is speeded up to make the sounds audible to humans.

Link: Ice Harmonies | MP3 File (via WFMU Beware of the Blog)


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One comment to "Singing Iceberg."

  1. Nina
    November 29th, 2005 at 10:58 am

    That is cool!


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