ML118709
Toothed Whales Odontoceti
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: LNS note: Recordist mistakenly indicates August as month, but ship's log supports October as actual month of recording. 27Feb2004 SAS. Reel box notes: "R-130 xphone and amp. Hudson Canyon listen 18 Aug. 1968. Time 2045. EDO is on and off. Porpoise clicks heard not seen due to darkness. Ship engines are off, AUX generator is on." Log notes: "At 2030 we stopped at Hudson Canyon mouth, 1000 fathoms, night lighted, listened for Pilot whales. Have porpoise close, put light on them and got tail slaps, repeatedly (they didn't like). Background is low. Have some small fish, night lighting, surface temperature is 73¡ F. Have a cry repeated, distant maybe porpoise or a Pilot whale, otherwise only clicks from porpoise and some squeels [sic]. No other sounds. Secured at 2155, underway for Narragansett, R.I." SEAOCEAN.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Microphone
- Sennheiser MKH 816P48
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 26 Feb 2004 -
- Digitized
- 12 Feb 2004 -