Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 4, 2006 - AM - Ice cracking

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Title Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 4, 2006 - AM - Ice cracking
Subject Ambient sounds; Places; Nature sounds
Spatial Coverage Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska); Alaska; Timber Lake (North Slope Borough, Alaska)
Creator Krause, Bernard L.
Media Rights Management Principal Investigator: Bernie Krause, PhD; Project collaborators and associates: Kevin Colver, Martyn Stewart
Publisher Western Soundscape Archive, University of Utah
Contributors Colver, Kevin J.; Stewart, Martyn, 1955-
Date 2006-06-04
Type Sound
Format audio/mpeg
Digitization Specifications Compressed from .wav format into .mp3 delivery format
Contributing Institution Support for the Arctic Soundscape Project was provided by the Animal Welfare Institute, Calgary Zoo, Harvard University, Google (Firm), Johnson Outdoor Industries, Madrone Audubon Society, Maine Community Foundation, Patagonia, Inc., SanDisk, SkyWalker Sound, individual residents of the Sonoma County community, Stanford University, University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Description ambient recording
Note Field notes: 1k tone @ beginning = 64dBA at mic input (for calibration). Late spring. Weather conditions extreme during any hour (cold, windy, snow, rain, warm). Former hunting camp where wildlife generally shy of humans. No predators or large megafauna seen over 10 day period on site. Film crew set-up shots. Ice shifts and cracks… Season: Spring; Climate: Dry (cyclical); Weather: Heavy wind (10+ MPH); Temp.: 36F; Altitude: 2760 feet; Biome: Arctic; Terrestrial habitat: Boreal-tiaga-tundra
Global Positioning System Coordinates 68.38 / -148.41805
Additional Resources Arctic Soundscape Project; http://www.wildsanctuary.com/popv2/pop_arctic
Source File Recording Equipment Recorder: SOUND DEVICES 722; Microphone: Sony ECM-55 (Lav); Mic Pattern: Binaural; Samp Bit Rate: 44.1 kHz/24bits
ARK ark:/87278/s60k2ntr
Setname uu_wss
ID 1117609
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60k2ntr