Iceberg B15A

December 9th, 2007 andrea Posted in news, sounds | 2 Comments »

Dr. Douglas MacAyeal, Professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago sent me this moving sound file, as he describes:
“…that’s the sound of Iceberg B15A ‘breaking up’ (off Cape Adare, 27 October, 2005)…it’s really a seismometer record that’s been ‘sped up’ by a factor of 1000 to make it audible.”

Listen here:

2 Responses to “Iceberg B15A”

  1. Maura Says:
    December 9th, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    Wow.

    Thanks for posting this one Andrea!

  2. sonic surrounds » Blog Archive » The sound of the century Says:
    December 22nd, 2007 at 1:00 am

    […] Polli, on her blog from an artist residency in Antarctia, posted the incredible sonified siesmometer recording of “Iceberg B15A” breaking up. […]