Event NameUniversity of Auckland Underwater Study| 1969-1970AbstractThe first University of Auckland team to work in the Antarctic made an extensive series of acoustic measurements in Antarctic waters| using hydrophones suspended beneath the Ross Ice Shelf. Mr. P. J. Burgess in this way recorded the "sea state"| that is the noises made by wind waves| currents and animal life .The sea state in Antarctica proved to be relatively very low| a hundred times lower than in Auckland| New Zealand: and there was| surprisingly| a noticeable difference between the day and night states. It is thought that this difference could be caused by factors like temperature and salinity. Noises made by seals 50 miles away |underwater seismological activity| and ice-breakers opening a channel into McMurdo Sound were among the sounds picked up on Mr. Burgess's hydrophones. Antarctic Magazine March 1970PersonnelPJ Burgess (Physicist)LocationsVanda StationScott BaseGeolocation[1] Position[2] PositionSeason1969-1970
