Now with longer opening hours for the public and a new addition! With one week to go, we are working hard to finalize the last pieces so that your experience will be unforgettable! Our newest addition is live music performed by Alex South, a Scotland-based musician and researcher working with clarinets and electronics inspired by […]
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PartArt4OW Announces Six New Participatory Art Initiatives Addressing Ocean and Water Challenges Across Europe PartArt4OW, an EU-funded initiative which funds our Sea of Sounds project, has just launched six new participatory art projects across Europe that tackle real ocean and water challenges. These projects bring together artists, scientists, and local communities to turn pollution, waste, and ecosystem issues into
Citizens and Artists Team Up to Protect Europe’s Oceans! Read More »
Good News Everyone! Our Sea of Sounds project will be held at Stormen Library in Bodø on the 14th of February- and you’re invited! Share some love for the marine mammals of the Vestfjord together with Ocean Sounds this Valentine’s Day!Come to discover the language of the whales, learn about different whale species, and how the invisible
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Lacking cetacean welfare during the Faroe Islands’ drive hunt – Highlighting the importance of the article by Simmons et al. Yesterday (5/11/2025) the article “An assessment of cetacean welfare in the Faroe Islands’ drive hunt” by Simmons et al. was published in Biology Letters where they highlight the urgent need to reassess the welfare implications
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Stranded whale prepared for exhibition Sveinung is currently working on preparing the skeleton of a Sowerby’s beaked whale for our Sea of Sounds event. Interested to read about the details behind the find – see his story below. The skeleton is from a sub-adult male measuring 4.7 meters in length. It stranded on Sandhornøya, Bodø,
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Whale virtual reality experience will be further developed thanks to new EU grant! We are excited to share that we together with our partner at Seanergy have been selected for the PartArt4OW accelerator as one of six groups across Europe. Through the support of PartArt4OW we will further develop our Sea of Sounds project to
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We’re excited to share good news from Norway: our 2025 field season has begun very successfully! On our first day in may we found the pilot whales in exactly the same spot as we left them in the end of July last year! This year brings an extra layer of excitement as we combine our
Fieldwork in motion! Read More »
We’re proud to share our latest research letter, published in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, exploring the often-overlooked role of sound in coastal tourism. From the crashing of waves to the calls of marine mammals, soundscapes are part of what makes places like Norway’s coastline so unique. But how often do we consider what stories
We would like to share a new article written by Dr. Heike Vester and Prof. Giovanna Bertella concerning the underwater landcape In our latest research letter, we explore how the sounds of Norway’s coastline tell powerful stories, if we choose to listen. Drawing from our work in tourism, marine biology, and conservation, we contrast a
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We are excited to announce that we contributed to a National Geographic series highlighting the issue of noise pollution in our seas! This article is focused on Confronting the Arctic’s pollution problems The Arctic is changing. Fossil fuel-powered human development is sending a tide of plastic northward and creating an underwater cacophony. The following article
