Canadian Military Investigates Mysterious "Pinging" Sound From The Arctic Seafloor

The Canadian military is now investigating the reports of a strange "pinging' noise coming from the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean. Hunters said that they hear the "pinging" sound in the Fury and Hecla Strait, which is a channel of water in the northwest of the Inuit Hamlet Igloolik.

The "pinging" sound heard was like a "hum" or "beep" that scares the animals, according to Paul Quassa, a member of the legislative assembly. Ashley Lemire, the spokeswoman for the Department of National Defense stated that the Canadian military is aware of assertions of unusual sounds originating from the seafloor in the Fury and Hecla Strait in Nunavut. She further said that the aircrew performed various multi-sensor searches in the area. This includes an acoustic search for 1.5 hours, without identifying any acoustic anomalies. She added that the crew did not identify any surface or subsurface contacts, as noted by the Guardian.

Nobody knows what is the "pinging' sound from the seafloor. There are many speculations and theories from people. Some blame it to Baffin land Iron Mines Corporation, which just conducted sonar surveys of nearby Steensby Inlet with collaboration with its Mary River mine southwest of Pond Inlet. On the other hand, the company said that they are not conducting any surveys in the area, according to CBC.

Meanwhile, Quassa suspected that the sound is created on purpose by the Greenpeace. He said that they have heard in the past of groups like Greenpeace putting in some types of sonars in the seafloor to get the sea mammals out of the way so Inuit won't be able to hunt them. However, these have never been substantiated. The Greenpeace denies the claims.

As of now, the community does not know what is the "pinging" sound from the seafloor. Quassa said that they're still working on it. Meanwhile, the Canadian military is on their way to find the probable answers.