Ice, ice, baby... (3) The ice
March 17th 2008 Breaking through the pack ice into the Ross Sea was far from a foregone conclusion. Aurora’s previous trip in January had not managed to do so, and we spent an extra couple of days battling this ice ourselves, venturing as far east as the dateline and using helicopters for recce flights before we found a path through.
Once through and into the Ross Sea’s polynya, a recurring area of open w
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