"Transmitting live from the ocean below the Antarctic Ice"
I came across this the other day and it just fascinates me. Imagine listening to different kinds of whales and seals under the Antarctic ice in real time. You can also hear icebergs shearing off, and the crazy cracking of various ice formations. It doesn't even seem real, but it is. Just click the link and select MP3 Audio Stream. I use windows media player to listen.
http://www.awi.de/en/research/new_technologies/marine_observing_systems/ocean_acoustics/palaoa/palaoa_livestream/
They melted holes through the 300 foot thick ice to place the hydrophone microphones.
Here is their journal article. Its superb. Really explains what's going on and what your hearing.
http://epic.awi.de/Publications/Kin2008b.pdf
Pictures of what's below the ice:
http://tinyurl.com/63foe5
