# Hydrophone recordings of iceberg A53a breaking up near South Georgia

> 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.

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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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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://tos.org/oceanography/article/life-and-death-sounds-of-iceberg-a53a).

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

**Document** Dziak et al. · tos.org · 2013 · publisherPrimary source: [Life and Death Sounds of Iceberg A53a](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9C73GW1MV0/life-and-death-sounds-of-iceberg-a53a)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://tos.org/oceanography/article/life-and-death-sounds-of-iceberg-a53a)

## Where it was made

[South Georgia, Scotia Sea](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D9C77NP093K/south-georgia-scotia-sea) · Island

## Sources 1

- [Life and Death Sounds of Iceberg A53a](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9C73GW1MV0/life-and-death-sounds-of-iceberg-a53a)_SRC_

## Cite it

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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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**ART** 0D9C7YC87EPS

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Recording

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NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Dated

recorded 2007 to 2008; break-up from 2 February 2008

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[South Georgia, Scotia Sea](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D9C77NP093K/south-georgia-scotia-sea)

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[Bloop and NOAA's unexplained ocean sounds](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/noaa-ocean-sounds)

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