Environment
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4 days agoCanada's Arctic noise is no party for narwhals
Narwhal populations have drastically declined, impacting Inuit communities that rely on them for sustenance and cultural connection.
A hydrophone in this shipping corridor off Baffin Island, Nunavut, captures their calls as the tusked whales navigate their autumn migration route to northern Baffin Bay. But as the Nordic Odyssey, a 225-metre ice-class bulk carrier servicing the nearby iron ore mine, approaches, its low engine rumble gives way to a wall of sound created by millions of collapsing bubbles from its propeller.