A strange, "beeping" sound was heard from the deep regions of the Arctic Sea and Canadian authorities have sent the country's army to further investigate this bizarre phenomenon.
This sound was heard in Nunavut near the Arctic Circle. Locals from the remote fishing and hunting community describe this sound as a low hum and "pinging" noise heard over the summer. Animals were frightened from this popular fishing spot where lots of mammal activity can be found.
According to Nunavut legislative assembly's Paul Quassa, this is a major hunting area in the summer and winter since it is a polynya (or a long stretch of open waters found in the Arctic). However, there were hardly any animal activity in the area, making this very suspicious to us.
Theories about the sound's origins include a mining company that is carrying out sonar surveys. However, according to the Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation, they do not have any equipment underwater.
Some pessimists have speculated that Greenpeace was intentionally generating this sound to scare away the wild animals. Quassa says that there are allegations that environmental groups like Greenpeace are placing all sorts of sonars in the seabed to scare marine mammals away so that Inuit groups will not be able to hunt for them. According to Greenpeace spokesperson, Farrah Khan, the organization strongly denies any involvement.
Meanwhile, there was no ships or equipment seen around the area.
According to Canada's Department of National Defense, the Canadian armed forces are aware of these reports of unusual sounds in the seabed on Fury and Hecla Strait in Nunavut. Air surveys carried out multi-sensor searches in the region including an acoustic search for 1.5 hours, but there was no acoustic anomaly detected. However, the crew did observe two whale pods and six walruses in the area.