Spooky Sounds From the Arctic Sea Prompt Canadian Military Probe

The noise is alternately described as a pinging sound, a hum, or a beep, and has become such a problem for hunters that the Office of the Premier of Nunavut called on the Department of National Defence (DND) to investigate.

“The Department of National Defence has been informed of the strange noises emanating in the Fury and Hecla Straights area, and the Canadian Armed Forces are taking the appropriate steps to actively investigate the situation,” DND spokesperson Evan Koronewski told Motherboard.

Recently, mining and tourism has become more popular in the area, and some have speculated that the sounds are coming from operations being carried out by Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation. The corporation denies that they have anything in the works that would make such a noise.

"That's one of the major hunting areas in the summer and winter because it's a polynya," Paul Quassa, a member of the legislative assembly, told the CBC. A polynya is an area of open water surrounded by ice — which is usually abundantly inhabited by marine mammals.

"And this time around, this summer, there were hardly any. And this became a suspicious thing."

The area is specifically known for bowhead whales — which has led some locals to accuse Greenpeace of trying to sabotage the hunting season.

"We've heard in the past of groups like Greenpeace putting in some kinds of sonars in the seabed to get the sea mammals out of the way so Inuit won't be able to hunt them," Quassa said. No ships have been spotted in the area to substantiate these theories however.

The organization also denies these charges.

"Not only would we not do anything to harm marine life, but we very much respect the right of Inuit to hunt and would definitely not want to impact that in any way," Farrah Khan, a spokeswoman for the organization, told Motherboard.

So far, the mystery continues and nobody has a clue what could be making the noise.

"As of today, we're still working on it," another member of the legislative assembly, George Qulaut, told CBC. "We don't have a single clue."

http://sputniknews.com/world/201611031047052915-strange-sounds-arctic-sea-floor/

Mysterious 'ping' sound from sea floor baffles Arctic community

http://cdnpoli.net/links/mysterious-ping-sound-from-sea-floor-baffles-arctic-community-336163/

Canadian military sends surveillance aircraft to Arctic to investigate mysterious pinging sounds

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/canada/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-military-sends-surveillance-aircraft-to-arctic-to-investigate-mysterious-sounds/


A CP-140 similar to the one being sent to the Arctic to investigate a mysterious "ping"

Sounds like the Russians flipped another submarine on its back again.

That's the missing malaysian flight mh370 making those sounds

I hope it is a HUMAN , **** up / mishap.

Canada investigates mysterious 'pinging' sound at bottom of sea in Arctic

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/04/canada-investigates-mysterious-pinging-sound-at-bottom-of-sea-in/ *Embedded links, Video of Arctic wolves that sneak up on investigators 2:26 seconds & map*



Department of National Defence internal correspondence suggested submarines were not considered a likely source of the noise but had not the been ruled out, the broadcaster said.

Internal correspondence between sources in the Department of National Defence, obtained by CBC News, suggest submarines were not immediately ruled out, but were also not considered a likely cause.

George Qulaut, another member of the legislative assembly, said he also noticed the lack of wildlife.

"That passage is a migratory route for bowhead whales, and also bearded seals and ringed seals. There would be so many in that particular area," he told CBC News, recalling his own days of hunting there.

"This summer there was none."

What is that mysterious 'pinging sound' coming from the Arctic sea floor?

http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1104/What-is-that-mysterious-pinging-sound-coming-from-the-Arctic-sea-floor/
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What is that mysterious 'pinging sound' coming from the Arctic sea floor?

Canada’s Army has carried out an investigation into the source of a mysterious noise coming from the sea floor in the remote Arctic, after hunters from a nearby Inuit community raised concerns about scarce numbers of game in a normally rich hunting ground.

Paul Quassa, an assemblyman in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, blames the noise – described variously as a pinging, hum or buzz – for driving away the animals in the Fury and Hecla Strait.

"That's one of the major hunting areas in the summer and winter because it's a polynya," or a patch of open water ringed by ice where sea mammals tend to gather, he told CBC. "This time around, this summer, there were hardly any. And this became a suspicious thing."

Theories on the noise’s source are legion: sonar surveys conducted by mining companies mapping the sea floor, environmentalist activists hoping to foil seal hunters, even echolocating whales. But the longer the mystery remains a mystery, the riper the grounds may be for "magical thinking" awash in superstition and conspiracy theories that spring up around unexplainable noises. Confounding the curiosity further is that not everyone can hear these mystery sounds.

One such noise is "the Hum," an auditory phenomenon that has been heard from Bristol, England, to Taos, N.M., since the 1950s. In an April report The New Republic found attempted to explore the gray area between scientific inquiry and "mass delusion" when it comes to identifying the source of audible phenomena. The article was inconclusive.

As in the case of other unexplained auditory phenomenon, part of what makes the Arctic pinging uncanny is that not everyone can hear it. Another local legislator, George Qulaut, told CBC that he couldn’t, although he added he’s nearly deaf, and noticed on a recent visit to the area that the normally abundant wildlife was gone. Boaters passing through the area have said they heard it, as well as a number of callers to a local radio show.

But the Canadian Department of National Defence are definitely skeptics.

"The Canadian armed forces are aware of allegations of unusual sounds emanating from the seabed in the Fury and Hecla Strait in Nunavut. The air crew performed various multi-sensor searches in the area, including an acoustic search for 1.5 hours, without detecting any acoustic anomalies. The crew did not detect any surface or subsurface contacts," said department spokeswoman Ashley Lemire in a statement, according to The Guardian.

"The crew did observe two pods of whales and six walruses in the area of interest.... At this time the Department of National Defence does not intend to do any further investigations."

Still, past instances of such phenomena might caution against dismissing those who complain of such noises, as Marc Lallanilla wrote in 2013:

Being dismissed as crackpots or whiners only exacerbates the distress for these complainants, most of whom have perfectly normal hearing. Sufferers complain of headaches, nausea, dizziness, nosebleeds and sleep disturbances. At least one suicide in the United Kingdom has been blamed on the Hum, the BBC reports.... Most researchers investigating the Hum express some confidence that the phenomenon is real, and not the result of mass hysteria or hearers' hypochondria (or extraterrestrials beaming signals to Earth from their spaceships).

The Nunavut community has no leads on the cause, Mr. Qulaut told CBC, though he speculated that the environmentalist group Greenpeace, which has clashed with hunters from the community in the past, could be to blame. Greenpeace rejects the accusation.

"Not only would we not do anything to harm marine life, but we very much respect the right of Inuit to hunt and would definitely not want to impact that in any way," the group’s spokeswoman, Farrah Khan, told the network.

http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1104/What-is-that-mysterious-pinging-sound-coming-from-the-Arctic-sea-floor/
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One such noise is "the Hum," an auditory phenomenon that has been heard from Bristol, England, to Taos, N.M., since the 1950s.

Wakey Wakey
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As in the case of other unexplained auditory phenomenon, part of what makes the Arctic pinging uncanny is that not everyone can hear it.

Then study the people who can't instead of the ones that do.
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The air crew performed various multi-sensor searches in the area, including an acoustic search for 1.5 hours, without detecting any acoustic anomalies. The crew did not detect any surface or subsurface contacts," said department spokeswoman

In other words... We made a courtesy call. We did our job.
*1.5 hours...of acoustics,  SMFH*
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"The crew did observe two pods of whales and six walruses in the area of interest....

See... there is no problem. Go about your business... just move along now.
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Being dismissed as crackpots or whiners only exacerbates the distress for these complainants, most of whom have perfectly normal hearing. Sufferers complain of headaches, nausea, dizziness, nosebleeds and sleep disturbances. At least one suicide in the United Kingdom has been blamed on the Hum, the BBC reports.... Most researchers investigating the Hum express some confidence that the phenomenon is real, and not the result of mass hysteria or hearers' hypochondria (or extraterrestrials beaming signals to Earth from their spaceships).

And how & why are these people different than those who have no reaction / side effects?
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The Nunavut community has no leads on the cause, Mr. Qulaut told CBC, though he speculated that the environmentalist group Greenpeace, which has clashed with hunters from the community in the past, could be to blame. Greenpeace rejects the accusation.

Greenpeace wouldn't do this around the globe & defeat their own agenda.

But hey.. we need a locial explanation & solution.