Case file · High strangeness
The singing Ross Ice Shelf
In October 2018 researchers reported that seismic sensors on the Ross Ice Shelf had picked up an almost continuous hum, the ice 'singing' as winds blow over snow dunes on its surface.
2018 CE · -78.50, 178.00 · status: explained
The account
Speeded up, the low vibrations sound like an eerie drone. Julien Chaput and colleagues suggested the hum could be used to monitor changes in the shelf.