March 17, 2008 Breaking through the pack ice (Audio Clip)

Listen to a short audio file of the ship breaking through the pack ice. We were in an area south of St Lawrence Island. I recorded the audio on the 02 deck near the bow. The ice was several meters thick in the ice ridges. Inside the sounds are incredible! It has the qualities like someone scratching their nails on a chalkboard, except for it is several times louder in magnitude!