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The Erebus Glacier Ice Tongue  
   

The Erebus Glacier Ice Tongue

The Erebus Glacier Ice Tongue extends way out into Erebus Bay. I took this picture on the way back into McMurdo during a water changing stop for the fish.
Cruising the Antarctic Isles

September 22nd 2005
It was a beautiful day - The sun was shining brightly over the western slopes of Mt Erebus, there was no wind to speak of and the temperature was warm by Antarctic standards. We were cruising at between five and ten miles per hour towards the North. We had been underway for over an hour and we still had another half hour to go before we reached our destination. Our route took us to the west o ... read more
Antarctica » Antarctica » McMurdo Station

 Flag Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas sou... ... read more
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