Oceans of Noise: Episode Two – Science Weekly podcast

Wildlife recordist Chris Watson is joined by award-winning sound artist Jana Winderen on a voyage around Norway's Austevoll islands, aboard a research vessel recording the grunting of spawning cod

Contrary to popular belief, or the writings of Jacques Cousteau, life under the ocean surface is not a silent world but in fact a dense and rich sonic environment where sound plays a fundamental role to all known life.

In episode two, the pioneering nature sound recordist Chris Watson and sound artist Jana Winderen meet a team from Norway's Institute of Marine Research and climb aboard a research vessel setting sail around the Austevoll islands.