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Applied Acoustic
Unlocking Arctic Secrets
Applied Acoustic Engineering's range of sub-bottom profiling equipment has been used during a number of operations in the harsh working conditions north of the Arctic Circle. Applied Acoustics' seismic systems have been deployed there both for research purposes, contributing to the ongoing study by the University of Bergen into the origin of the Alpha Ridge north of Greenland, as well as for commercial operations, including the search for hydrocarbons beneath the seabed. Scientists from Bergen, Norway, have been conducting studies which require them to obtain seismic data from the seabed underneath autonomous drifting buoys placed on multi-year ice. Personnel from the university had developed their own sparker sound source to suit their specific requirements, but turned to Applied Acoustics to produce the energy supply required to power it. This energy supply needed to operate remotely, in sub-zero temperatures, for a period of approximately
12 MTR
January/February 2009
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