The Great White Silence
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson vividly recalls his quest to capture the sounds of a glacier calving in 'The Great White Silence' of Antarctica.
For many of us, isolation is disconcerting and challenging, but for wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson, it is something he actively seeks, so he can fully immerse himself in a place and capture its unique sounds in his recordings.
In the first of five illustrated essays, Chris recalls a trip to Antarctica, to a landscape which has been described as βThe Great White Silenceβ to record one of the greatest transitional events on the planet; the sounds of a glacier being transformed over the Antarctic summer from a solid mountain of freshwater ice into the salt water of the Ross Sea.
Produced by Sarah Blunt for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Audio in Bristol. Photo courtesy Chris Watson.
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