Here are examples of the sounds that we record at our acoustic monitoring sites in the western Canadian Arctic, including sounds from beluga whales, bowhead whales, ringed seals, bearded seals, ice sounds during a storm, and ships and small boats.

Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas​)

Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus​)

Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus​)

Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida​)

Ice

Ships

Small Boats