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Recordist's notes
Close to a colony of terns, which may have eggs or small chicks. Strong wind, a plane takes off from the nearby Longyearbyen airport and a car passes by Recording with Zoom H2N, binaural pics Soundman Classic, wave 48kHz, 24 bit, converted in mp3 320 kbps.
About the place
Longyearbyen is a town of about 2,368 people in Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. OttoAnna lists 40 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H2n and Binaural microphones. A compact recorder with five capsules offering X/Y, mid-side and surround modes.
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Sources & credits
- “Longyearbyen 9170, Svalbard e Jan Mayen - Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) on the shore with passing airplane and car” by giuseppe gavazza – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0