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Hydrophone recordings of iceberg A53a breaking up near South Georgia

RecordingpublisherRecorded 2007 to 2008; break-up from 2 February 2008
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Hydrophones moored in the Scotia Sea followed an iceberg from Antarctica as it grounded and broke up; its icequakes look like the Bloop on a spectrogram.

Dziak et al., 2007. publisher

Copies 1

DocumentDziak et al. · tos.org · 2013 · publisherPrimary source: Life and Death Sounds of Iceberg A53a2 steps from the original

Where it was made

1South Georgia500 km1500 km

Sources 1

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Hydrophone recordings of iceberg A53a breaking up near South Georgia [Artifact ART0D9C7YC87EPS]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D9C7YC87EPS
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