Antarctic Picture Gallery

	Title: Antarctic Evening Sky Date: 8/27/97 Size: 39 KB Description: The sun setting behind the Trans-Antarctic Range
	Title: Antarctic Morning Sky Date: 8/28/97 Size: 31 KB Description: Pink morning light on the Trans-Antarctic mountains
	Title: Antarctic Evening Clouds Date: 9/3/97 Size: 25 KB Description: Brilliant layers of color light the sky
	Title: Nacreous Clouds Date: 9/5/97 Size: 38 KB Description: Nacreous, or Polar Stratospheric, clouds look like floating rainbows in the sky
	Title: The Ice Edge Date: 9/6/97 Size: 28 KB Description: The edge of the Ross Ice Shelf where it meets the Ross Sea, and flags enroute to Willy Field
	Title: Mt. Erebus Date: 9/12/97 Size: 54 KB Description: Mt. Erebus, bathed in pink light, and the edge of the Erebus glacier tongue.
	Title: Inaccessible Island and Windblown Ice Date: 9/15/97 Size: 33 KB Description: Inaccessible Island, with the Transantarctic mountains in the background, and wind blowing across the ice.
	Title: Snowy Hills Date: 9/16/97 Size: 33 KB Description: Snowy hills above McMurdo, backed by a bright blue sky and a single early evening star.
	Title: Icefall Date: 9/22/97 Size: 26 KB Description: An icefall at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
	Title: New Zealand A-Frame Ski Hut Date: 9/22/97 Size: 26 KB Description: The "Kiwi" A-frame out on the Ross Ice Shelf, with the windows lit in the Antarctic evening.
	Title: Scott's Hut and Winter Quarters Bay Date: 9/23/97 Size: 26 KB Description: The view from my window--McMurdo buildings, the shadow of Observation Hill over the sea ice, Scott's Discovery Hut, and seals.
	Title: Ross Sea Music Fairies Date: 9/23/97 Size: 26 KB Description: Clione antarctica--a small pelagic organism, as seen through the windows of the sea observation tube in McMurdo sound.
	Title: Dry Valleys Shapes Date: 11/28/97 Size: 71KB Description: Polygons and the winding braids of the Onyx River in the Dry Valleys.
	Title: How Glaciers Move Date: 11/28/97 Size: 46KB Description: Ice Rivers in the Transantarctic Mountains.
	Title: Lake Hoare and the Canada Glacier Date: 11/28/97 Size: 33KB Description: Lake Hoare with the face of the Canada glacier and hills rising.
	Title: What Wind Does to Snow Date: 11/28/97 Size: 34KB Description: Patterns in the snow and ice as seen from above.
	Title: Seal Yin-Yang Date: 11/28/97 Size: 34KB Description: Two seals in the dive hole inside the hut at Turtle Rock.
	Title: Icewall at Snow School Date: 10/5/97 Size: 36KB Description: Blocks of snow carved out of the ground and piled high to protect our tents from the wind. Between the cracks is a beautiful blue light.
	Title: Sunset behind Inaccessible Island. Date: 9/29/97 Size: 47KB Description: A wildly colored sky full of crazy clouds.
	Title: View from Arrival Heights Date: 9/27/97 Size: 36KB Description: The ice, setting sun, and mountains from a point above McMurdo Station.
	Title: Barne Glacier from Cape Evans Date: 9/29/97 Size: 26KB Description: The edge of Barne glacier at the sea ice, bathed in creamy yellow light.
	Title: Ice crack Date: 10/7/97 Size: 29KB Description: An ice crack at Cape Roberts, with ice piled up around it.
	Title: Foraminifera Date: 10/7/97 Size: 38KB Description: An ancient marine microorganism from the sea sediment core take at Cape Roberts, as seen through a microscope.
	Title: The Blue I Date: 10/5/97 Size: 33KB Description: The blue color and feeling of the ice caves in the Erebus Glacier tongue.
	Title: Icebergs Date: 10/8/97 Size: 28KB Description: Icebergs near Cape Roberts.
	Title: The Blue II Date: 10/5/97 Size: 46KB Description: Another version of the blue feeling inside the icecaves.
	Title: Ice and Sky I Date: 10/15/97 Size: 24KB Description: The horizon on the way to Marble Point.
	Title: Black Island Pond Date: 10/10/97 Size: 42KB Description: Mt. Aurora rises in the distance behind the pond at Black Island.
	Title: Black Island Icefall Date: 10/12/97 Size: 37KB Description: An icefall as seen on the way through the "deadzone" between Black and White Island.
	Title: Ice and Sky II Date: 10/12/97 Size: 20KB Description: Mina Bluff in the distance and the thin line between the ice and the sky.
	Title: Ice Cracks and Bubbles Date: 10/18/97 Size: 41KB Description: Thin cracks in the ice and bubbles that rise up from the bottom and get frozen in.
	Title: Ice Cracks and Seals Date: 10/19/97 Size: 38KB Description: Designs in the ice as seen from the helicopter.
	Title: Dry Valleys Hills Date: 10/15/97 Size: 44KB Description: The hills around Marble Point.
	Title: Black and White Islands Date: 10/10/97 Size: 36KB Description: The pass taken by the traverse on the way back to McMurdo.
	Title: Dirty Ice and Ice Rivers Date: 10/9/97 Size: 44KB Description: Ragged ice covered with dirt and ice rivers on the way to Black Island.
	Title: Phytoplankton Date: 1/98 Size: 43KB Description: Phytoplanton under a microscope. These are the bottom of the food chain in the Ross Sea.
	Title: Phytoplankton II Date: 1/98 Size: 32KB Description: More of these organisms, also called diatoms.
	Title: The Drygalski Ice Tongue Date: 1/98 Size: 34KB Description: The largest glacial tongue in the world, jutting out into the Ross Sea.
	Title: Profused Fish Date: 1/98 Size: 41KB Description: This Antarctic fish has been profused with a colored formaldahyde for preservation and study.
	Title: The Ross Ice Shelf Date: 1/98 Size: 34KB Description: The Ross Ice Shelf, about 100 feet high, rishing out of the Ross Sea.
	Title: Sea Spider Date: 1/98 Size: 36KB Description: This "sea spider" came up in the net, from the bottom of the Ross Sea.
	Title: Fluorescently Labled Phytoplankton Date: 1/98 Size: 39KB Description: These diatoms have been colored with fluorescent dye and look like wild galaxies under the microscope.
	Title: Fluorescently Labled Phytoplankton II Date: 1/98 Size: 36KB Description: More wild phytoplankton under a microscope.
	Title: Ross Sea Chiton Date: 1/98 Size: 38KB Description: Another creature from the bottom of the Ross Sea.
	Title: Gray Ross Sea Horizon Date: 1/98 Size: 32KB Description: The horizon on a gray day in the Ross Sea.
	Title: Coulman island Date: 1/98 Size: 32KB Description: An island in the Ross Sea.
	Title: Krill Date: 1/98 Size: 38KB Description: This tiny shrimp-like creature is an important source of food for Ross Sea mammals.
	Title: Octopus Date: 1/98 Size: 45KB Description: This octopus came up in the net with the fish and other creatures from the bottom of the Ross Sea.
	Title: Orange Ross Sea Horizon Date: 1/98 Size: 37KB Description: The Ross Sea in the evening, with orange light.
	Title: Pakc ice and penguins Date: 1/98 Size: 45KB Description: Penguins often stood on the pack ice, seemingly in the middle of nowhere.
	Title: Penguin Date: 1/98 Size: 37KB Description: A penguin on the ice.
	Title: Ross Sea Iceberg with Snow Petrels Date: 1/98 Size: 33KB Description: An iceberg on the horizon and snow petrels flying around the ship.
	Title: Penguin Tracks Date: 1/98 Size: 30KB Description: Penguin tracks on an icefloe.
	Title: The Wake of the Nathaniel B. Palmer Date: 1/98 Size: 40KB Description: Broken ice in the wake of the Nathaniel B. Palmer.
	Title: Ross Sea Whale Date: 1/98 Size: 38KB Description: A humpback whale spouting in the Ross Sea.
	Title: Polychaete Worm Date: 1/98 Size: 41KB Description: This colorful worm also came up in the net from the bottom of the Ross Sea.
	Title: Dolphins jumping at Kaikoura Date: 12/97 Size: 40KB Description: Dolphins in the ocean near Kaikoura in New Zealand.
	Title: New Zealand Tree Fern Date: 12/97 Size: 37KB Description: A tall tree fern in the New Zealand forest.
	Title: Tree Fern Frond Date: 12/98 Size: 30KB Description: Closeup of a coiled tree fern frond.
	Title: Perfect New Zealand Countryside Date: 12/98 Size: 36KB Description: Perfectly symmetrical hedges and fields in the New Zealand countryside.
	Title: Wainui Beach Date: 12/98 Size: 33KB Description: A beach with golden sand near Takaka in New Zealand.

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