Seals

To hear a sound, click on a blue button. All sounds are realized as MP3 files. Please be sure that your browser and computer are configured to play MP3 sounds. For more information about the recordings and the sounds, please download the article, Antarctica: Austral Soundscapes (.PDF Document). The dates by each sound below are links to journal entries which describe the recordings and sounds in greater detail.

[Click Male elephant seal bellowing. (December 24, 1999)

[Click Juvenile elephant seal "plays" with the echo of its call in Arthur Harbor. (January 11, 2000)

[Click Leopard seals and the sounds of icebergs fracturing recorded underwater. (December 15, 1999)

[Click Leopard and Weddell seals recorded underwater and the sea ice edge in McMurdo Sound. * (November, 1996)

[Click Male Weddell seal(s) maritorial calling recorded underwater. * (November 6, 1996)

[Click Male Weddell seal(s) maritorial calling recorded underwater. * (November 6, 1996)

[Click Male Weddell seal(s) maritorial calling recorded underwater. * (November 7, 1996)

[Click Male Weddell seal(s) maritorial calling recorded underwater. * (November 7, 1996)

[Click Weddell Seal Mothers and Pups recorded at the surface. * (November 8, 1996)

* Indicates that the selection is available on the Antarctica CD.

The following recordings by Douglas Quin are available on compact disc.

ANTARCTICA

MADAGASCAR:
THE FRAGILE LAND

BEFORE THE WAR
 with David Rothenberg

FORESTS:
A BOOK OF HOURS

OROPENDOLA:
MUSIC BY
and
FROM BIRDS

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