Lead Scientist Kirsten Thompson heads up to the bridge of the Arctic Sunrise to show an 18-year-old environmental activist and campaigner how to listen to the hydrophone currently being trailed behind the ship.
Whales and dolphins make unique sounds whilst feeding and socialising. Greenpeace’s ship Arctic Sunrise is using a towed hydrophone array (underwater microphone) to survey for whales in the Arctic. Scientists will then analyse these recordings to better understand species distributions in the region.
The Greenpeace team is heading north to the Arctic to document and bear witness to the 2020 sea ice minimum.