While recording bowhead whales on the North Slope (Alaska) between
Pt. Barrow and Prudhoe Bay one spring (1980), we were able to pick up
the sound of pumping from Prudhoe Bay 70 miles distant through our
hydrophones.
Bernie Krause
>I do not plan to be out till next spring but if I am heading toward any of
>those horrid things will galdly get you as much as you want.
>
>They are horrid. They have sprung up all over our Boreal forest (the part
>of the world that an ignorant field guide popular in the US likes to call
>the Taiga) when I started recording about 15 or so years ago there were
>lots of places which were beautifully quiet in the forest. Kevin Colvar and
>some others have asked where to record up here and I frankly right now coule
>not tell them for sure. I have new equipment and would like to re record
>much of what I originally got but the noise is just horrid. Certainly they
>must disturbe wildlife around them.
>
>For those of you that are not around these things I have a couple on BBS
>routes now. I cannot hear the birds at all half a mile from the things and
>two miles away they are a detriment to identifying the birds. Now how about
>trying to record under those conditions. We have another wonderful policy
>here in Alberta. Two of the worst loud things are located adjacent to small
>camping parks - go figure.
>
>Barb Beck
>Edmonton, Alberta (where oil and gas rule) Canada
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Dugan
>Sent: August 22, 2003 8:54 PM
>To: Nature Recordists
>Cc:
>Subject: [Nature Recordists] Fwd: Oil and Gas Noise
>
>>From: Pete Hanson <>
>>Organization: Northwoods Services
>>To:
>>Subject: Oil and Gas Noise
>>
>>Greetings,
>>I'm in attempt to find a .wav file of compressor noise of that of
>>the Oil & Gas Industry.
>>I run an offshoot website
>><http://www.ElkCapital.net/screamingsilence/>Screaming Silence that
>>deals with the issue of the noise and environmental damage created
>>in our woodlands by the Gas & Oil Industry practices
>>I'd like to incorporate the compressor sound into the webpage.
>>'Wanna test the viewers, how long it will take for them to turn off
>>the sound file while viewing the page. This would make the point of
>>a glimmer of how those of us feel who cannot simply push the "stop"
>>button.
>>
>>Or,, if you have any advice how I could get a fair recording off a
>>cheap cassette tape recorder, it'd be appreciated.
>>
>>I browsed a bit through the articles you present about quietude 'n
>>nature. Your site is great and helped me in my searchin' tonight.
>>Its nice to see others who "see the light" so to speak. So many are
>>immune.
>>
>>Thanks for your time
>>
>>sincerely
>>Pete Hanson
>>Atlanta, Michigan
>>aka:
>
>Pete, I'm forwarding this to the Nature Recordists list, perhaps
>someone there has a recording of a compressor or lives near you and
>can help you make one.
>
>The best way to get a good recording on a cheap cassette recorder is
>to rent or borrow a good microphone. Go out and experiment, most of
>us have learned by trial and error.
>
>-Dan Dugan
>Answerbird
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