Glaciers Soundscape Gallery

Falling ice

NPS

 

• Glacier Calvings and Fractures

  
  

  Feel the shock and awe as massive chunks of ancient ice crack, pop, and break free from the tidewater face of Margerie Glacier before smashing into the sea.

  Credit / Author:

  H. Lentfer / NPS

  Audio Transcript

  Rumbling and crashing as ice collides with water. A clunk, and a small splash, followed by sounds of small rocks falling into water. Clunking and scratching ice falls and splashes into water. Cracking of rock and ice is heard occasionally throughout.

 

• Glacier ice on the beach

  
  

  An iceberg is stranded on a remote shoreline in Glacier Bay. The rhythms of dripping glacier ice and wavelets lapping the shore are an ancient sound.

  Credit / Author:

  H. Lentfer / NPS

  Audio Transcript

  Trickling, tinkling water sounds. A crunching and occasional bump against hard, hollow material is recorded. This could be rocks or ice colliding gently. Light, pattering water sounds are ever-present in the recording.

 

• Bergy Seltzer

  
  

  Tiny air bubbles are compressed deep within glacier ice. As the ice melts, these ancient air pockets burst free, creating natural seltzer!

  Credit / Author:

  H. Lentfer / NPS

  Audio Transcript

  Bubbling, clinking, and clunking of ice and quick-moving water melting together.