{"id":14430,"date":"2016-11-05T11:25:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T11:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=14430"},"modified":"2016-11-05T11:25:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T11:25:20","slug":"canada-military-probes-mysterious-arctic-pinging-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/canada-military-probes-mysterious-arctic-pinging-noise.html","title":{"rendered":"Canada Military Probes Mysterious Arctic Pinging Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada Military Probes Mysterious Arctic Pinging Noise | \u00a0World Breaking NEWS<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

\nCanada Military Probes Mysterious Arctic Pinging Noise<\/strong> :- The strange noise is reported by local people to have frightened animals away over the past few months.<\/span>
\nA military aircraft conducted various multi-sensor searches in the area, officials said on Friday.<\/span>
\nBut the military says it is so far unable to explain the cause of the “acoustic anomalies”.<\/span>
\n“The [aircraft] crew did not detect any surface or sub-surface contacts,” the military said in a statement released to the BBC.<\/span>
\n“The only thing the crew did observe were two pods of whales and six walruses in the area of interest.”<\/span>
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\nA spokesman in the department of national defence in Ottawa said the cause of the pinging noise – which locals say can even be heard through the hulls of boats – remains a mystery.<\/span>
\nThe sound, sometimes also described as a “hum” or a “beep”, has been heard throughout the summer in Fury and Hecla Strait, legislative assembly member Paul Quassa told CBC, about 120km (74 miles) north-west of the hamlet of Igloolik.<\/span>
\nThe area is a narrow channel of water in Nunavut, which is the newest, largest and least populous territory of Canada, located next to Greenland.<\/span>
\n“It’s one of the major hunting areas in the summer and winter because it’s an area of open water surrounded by ice that’s abundant with sea mammals,” Mr Quassa said.<\/span>
\n“And this time around, this summer, there were hardly any. And this became a suspicious thing.”<\/span>
\nAnother MLA member was quoted by CBC as saying the area is normally a migratory route for bowhead whales and various kinds of seals.<\/span>
\n“But this summer there was none,” he said.<\/span>
\nVarious explanations for the sound have been put forward by the Canadian press:<\/span>
\nIt is a sonar survey conducted by a mining company<\/span>
\nIt is being generated on purpose by Greenpeace to scare wildlife away from the rich hunting ground<\/span>
\nIt is caused by military submarines<\/span>
\nHowever, local mining companies insist they do not work in the area, Greenpeace has denied it is responsible and the military say no submarines – either domestic or foreign – are known to have operated in the area.<\/span>
\n“The cause of the pings remains mired in mystery,” the defence spokesman said.<\/span><\/p>\n

source:http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/37875609<\/p>\n

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