Part Three

Lesser Snow Petrel

Pagodroma nivea nivea

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Antarctic Petrel

Thalassoica antarctica

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Emperor Penguin

Aptenodytes forsteri

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Antarctic Petrels

Thalassoica antarctica

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Antarctic Petrel

Thalassoica antarctica

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Killer Whale male

Orcinus orca

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Killer Whales

Orcinus orca - appears to be a female and a young male.

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Young Sea Ice Floes

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Mixed Sea Ice

Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Ross Ice Shelf

One of our helicopters above the huge ice shelf.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Ross Ice Shelf looking East

We were told that the ice shelf is over 600 miles wide at the Ocean, over 600 miles into the continent and over a 1,000 feet thick.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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LJax

Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Ross Ice Shelf

The face is about 200 feet tall.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Ross Ice Shelf Detail

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Ross Ice Shelf Detail

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Pancake Sea Ice

Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Ross Ice Shelf

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Ross Ice Shelf looking West

The ice shelf is the size of France.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Ross Ice Shelf

An amazing scene with a great sky.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Nilas Sea Ice

Showing pieces of ice sliding across other pieces.

Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Nilas Sea Ice & Ross Ice Shelf

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Nilas Sea Ice & Ross Ice Shelf looking East

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Nilas Sea Ice & Ross Ice Shelf looking West

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Ross Ice Shelf Landing

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Helicopter Photo

Ross Ice Shelf Landing, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Russian MI-2 Helicopter

Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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View from the Ross Ice Shelf Landing

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Crevasse Viewing

Harnesses and ropes just in case.

Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Crevasse

The crevasse is the beginning of part of the ice shelf breaking away.

Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Crevasse

Looking down into the crevasse.

Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Champagne

Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Departure Zone

Waiting for the helicopter.

Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Helicopter Photo

Magnificent desolation.

Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Ross Ice Shelf & Mt Terror

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Ross Seal

Ommatophoca rossii

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Adelie Penguins

Pygoscelis adeliae

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Mt Terror

One of the four volcanoes that formed the island.

Ross Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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KM Kapitan Khlebnikov Breaking Ice

Bashing through thick ice on the way to McMurdo Sound.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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First Year Ice

Sometimes as thick as 6 feet.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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KM Kapitan Khlebnikov Breaking Ice

Working toward some more open water.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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First Year Pack Ice

Starting to show effects of pressure.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Pack Ice

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Penguin Tracks

Getting to open water to feed can be a long journey for a flightless bird with short legs.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Crabeater Seal

Lobodon carcinophaga

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Cloud Reflection

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Beaufort Island

An old volcano whose east and south sides are steep, inaccessible cliffs.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Crabeater Seal

Lobodon carcinophaga

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Mt Erebus

The Southernmost active volcano in the world with observed eruptions since 1972.

Ross Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Mt Terror & Erebus

Both summits obscured by clouds.

Ross Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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Adelie Penguins

Pygoscelis adeliae

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 30, 2006

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