HMS Terror sitting in the ice

Jan 17, 2023, 08:47 PM

"I originally picked the ship sound because it had a naturally organic industrial sound. I enjoy the drone it provides. I ended up stretching the sound out to create the base layer of this track. Once I had that down I added some wind to add to the chill.

"I layered some wind harp and frequency waves to go along with everything. I added some old recordings from a phonograph to give the element of outdated tech. Throughout the piece I placed the original sound file and faded in and out of it. I have always been a fan of the Franklin Expedition story. I figured since the sound files were recorded in such a cold climate; it would be a great time to create a track based off the cold and dark story."

Ship noise reimagined by Mike Benoit.

Part of the Polar Sounds project, a collaboration between Cities and Memory, the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Explore the project in full at http://citiesandmemory.com/polar-sounds