Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) data were collected by recorder SV1020 of type Sono.Vault (manufactured by develogic GmbH, Hamburg, Germany) at 64.3823° S, 45.8687° W, mooring AWI217-5, in the Weddell Sea, Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. During a deployment period from January 2013 to January 2017, passive acoustic data were collected from January 2013 to June 2013 (recording period) by SV1020 as part of the Hybrid Antarctic Float Observing System (HAFOS) in the Weddell Sea. The recorder was moored at 960 m depth and scheduled to record continuously at a sample rate of 5,333 Hz. Further details about the data acquisition and processing of this data set can be found in the accompanying metadata file (see Additional metadata) as well as the data processing report (see Data Processing Report). Passive acoustic data archived here represent data processing Level 2+ (see Data Processing Report), deviating from Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) Glossary (Thomisch et al. 2023a). Further information on data processing with regard to data preparation and standardization can be found in the associated SOP Part 1: Data preparation and standardization (Thomisch et al. 2023b).

Each daily .tar contains the 10-minute audio files (.wav format) collected during the respective day.--Please note that this data set may also be listed as AWI217-05_SV1020 at other data portals, such as the Open Portal to Underwater Soundscapes (OPUS), available at https://opus.aq.