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Listening for Whale Sounds 1,000 feet Deep in the Antarctic Ocean

Inside Climate News · By Teresa Tomassoni · last updated
Heidi Ahonen is a bioacoustician recording whale calls, whistles and songs to understand if the marine mammals are crossing paths with krill fishing vessels in one of the most extreme environments on Earth.

By Teresa Tomassoni

GERLACHE STRAIT, Antarctica—The steel gray sea mirrored the overcast sky as Heidi Ahonen buckled her life jacket over her red waterproof coat. In just a few minutes she would jet out on a small inflatable zodiac boat in search of an underwater recording device she hoped to retrieve from more than 1,000 feet below the water’s surface.

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