Stephanie Spray, a PhD candidate in social anthropology from Harvard, has joined the Mountain Institute expedition with the hope of producing a sound installation of the people and landscapes along the way.
Spray, who has been visiting Nepal for 12 years, started on the project last year, with the original idea of tracking the Dudh Khosi river, up to its source in the glaciers.
By the time she had climbed into the Himalayas, however, Spray decided that the sounds of glaciers were more interesting, and she spent some time recording around the Khumbu glacier, near Everest.
So what does a glacier sound like? Spray said she captured a collection of sounds, from the sharp crack of falling ice to the gurgling sounds of trapped water.
"It sounds like the belly of the Earth groaning," said Spray. "I find it terrifying. That is part of the appeal to me. For me it restores a kind of awe to the environment."
Her earlier recording is called Blue Sky, White River, and you can listen to it below.
