This is the sound of an iceberg I have recorded in Antarctica in 2009. The iceberg was a big one, more than 40m high! Despite the icebergs are trapped in the ice shelf, they move due to the tide and the low frequency waves coming from the open sea which propagate under the ice shelf. Those movements produce very powerful and impressive grinding noise!
The iceberg was 8km away from the scientific base of Dumont D'Urville in Terre Adélie and far away from the open sea (at least 100km).
It was a bit challenging to do such record. It was cold (not a surprise) and very windy most of the time! This was also a place you don't want to stay too long as pieces of ice fell around.
Microphone: Rode NT4, homemade preamp, M-Audio microtrack II.
A picture of the iceberg is visible on my flickr page here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominique_filippi/4356182500/in/set-72157623332887396
Let me know what this sound does on you!
Type
Flac (.flac)
Duration
3:15.733
File size
17.4 MB
Sample rate
48000.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
10 months ago
wow, I didn't know that it makes this sound. Thanks for also posting your foot. I will use it in a free workshop for movement based practices. Thank you
1 year, 3 months ago
I didn't even know Icebergs had a sound. Thank you.
1 year, 10 months ago
this is insane
3 years, 5 months ago
Hi there Stormpetrel! Thank You Very Much for this fabulous take!
I love it & used it on two occasions https://soundcloud.com/user-663972694/snowcaps-weepings and https://soundcloud.com/user-663972694/the-footprints-sequel-for-norbert?in=user-663972694/sets/electroacoustic-acousmatic
Hope you enjoy, cheers!
4 years, 5 months ago
Beautiful sound! Very impressive. Thank you for sharing!!
