The Soundscape of the Southern Ocean – How Quiet and how Loud can Nature be?

• Main Authors: Kindermann, Lars, Boebel, Olaf, van Opzeeland, Ilse
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) 2011
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Sea ice; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/31798/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/31798/1/IQOE_Kindermann.pdf; http://www.scor-int.org/IQOE/Program_Book-1.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.40523; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.40523.d001

The Southern Ocean around the Antarctic continent provides some of the most extreme environmental conditions on earth which shape also the unique underwater soundscape. The area probably contains the most quiet locations within the world's oceans but is also stage for some of the loudest natura...