The influence of icebergs and sea ice to ocean acoustics and whales - Counting animals from space?

• Main Author: Kindermann, Lars
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Minke whale; Antarctic Ocean; Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*; minke whale; Sea ice; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; ice covered areas
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34681/; http://www.livingplanet2013.org; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43105

The soundscape of the Southern Ocean is dominated by sea ice, icebergs and marine mammals. Sea ice, with its highly absorbent snow cover creates one of the most quiet acoustic environments on earth. Large table icebergs, on the other hand, weighing up to 100.000.000.000 tons and moved by ocean curre...