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Submarine sounds video

Image: Inside The Alvin
View footage from The Alvin in which sonic anthropologist Stefan Helmreich recorded his underwater sounds
Watch a video filmed on board the three-person submersible The Alvin deep under the Pacific Ocean. The footage was shot automatically by a camera positioned on the outside of the submarine during the sea dive in which sonic anthropologist Stefan Helmreich recorded the underwater sounds documented in his article.

You can also hear a short audio sample Stefan made during the dive - which includes an evocative phrase spoken by pilot Bruce Strickrott: "That is the sound of the thrusters, driving us down..."
Posted 24/03/09