Scientists Just Detected Some Very Odd Noises Coming From An Antarctic Ice Sheet
Though photographs may present the barren landscapes of Antarctica as spookily calm and peaceful , at least when no storms are raging , the largely lifeless continent and the ice shelves fence it give rise a pastiche of bizarrely beautiful sounds . As noted by Earther , the frozen realm ’s ambient sounds include theRice Crispies - comparable crackleof melting ice releasing long - trapped zephyr house of cards to the steadygroans , screaming , and popsof monolithic floating ice sheets shifting and breaking apart as they buckle under the weight of fresh blow in the winter or thaw during the summer ....