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Recordist's notes
recording of the thawing glacier during some video shots of a documentary. The shape of the groove deeply carved by the water in the ice generates rhythmically cadenced waves that change every few hours. Tascam DR-100 MKIII, built-in unidirectional microphones, 96, kHz, 24-bit stereo wav converted to 320 kbps mp3.
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: Tascam DR-100. A rugged recorder with both directional and omni microphone pairs.
Recorded nearby
Walking on the glacier to record sounds of the thaw
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Hydrophones: small flow of melt water from the glacier
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Longyearbyen Svalbard: Hydropones in in the stream of a tiny brook
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen: still water, hydrophones, two recordings…
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
2024 New year fireworks at Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Radio electronic signals and helicopter
Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
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Sources & credits
- “5GJ6+6P Longyearbyen, Svalbard e Jan Mayen - Sounds of the thawing arctic glacier in a rhythmically cadenced stream.” by giuseppe gavazza – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0