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Recordist's notes
Barentsburg Belvedere over the harbor. Tuesday 23 July 2024, 10:40 a.m. Seagulls, backwash, voices, coal mines trucks; round 20' passage of SAS flight (taken off from Longyearbyen airport). Radio marker at beginning and end of recording: Sony transistor portable radio tuned about AM 1400 kHz. Zoom H2N with two mics Immersive Soundcsape Earsight Nano with windshields. Stereo Wav 48kHZ 24-bit, converted in mp3 320 kbps.
Context
This recording was made away from larger towns, about 37 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H2n. A compact recorder with five capsules offering X/Y, mid-side and surround modes.
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Sources & credits
- “3676+W3Q, Barentsburg 9178, Svalbard e Jan Mayen - Belvedere at Barentsburg, summer morning with seagulls, backwash, voices, trucks, airplane and radio markers.” by giuseppe gavazza – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0