Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Timber Lake - June 4, 2006 - 12:37 AM
Links to media
Subject
Ambient sounds; Places; Nature sounds
Place Names
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska); Alaska; Timber Lake (North Slope Borough, Alaska)
Creator of Media Recording
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.Original
2006-06-04
Resource Type
sound
Format
audio/wav
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
Recording Description
Ambient recording
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. Site: Timber Lake. Elevation: 2760FT. Season: spring. Climate: dry/cyclical. Wind Speed:Heavy wind (+10MPH). Temp: 36F. Recorder: SOUND DEVICES 722. Microphone: Sony ECM-55 (Lav). Mic Pattern: Binaural. Samp Bit Rate: 44.1 kHz/24bits; Habitat type: Boreal-taiga-tundra; Local Time: 12:37 AM
