Canadian hunters say mysterious ‘pinging’ from seabed scares off game

‘Hunters in a remote Canadian community say a mysterious sound that apparently comes from the seafloor is scaring off animals. Theories trying to explain the sound range from mining exploration to Greenpeace sabotage.
CBC News report says that the sound, described as “pinging,” a “hum” or “beep” by people claiming to have heard it was reported as coming in Fury and Hecla Strait, a narrow channel of water located in Nunavut province, north-eastern Canada.
“That’s one of the major hunting areas in the summer and winter because it’s a polynya,” an area of open water surrounded by ice that’s abundant with sea mammals, Paul Quassa said. Quassa is a member of the legislative assembly of Igloolik, a hamlet located roughly 120km from the strait.’
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