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This ice berg shows some of the beautiful patterns that melt channels can produce. The bird (possibly a Skua) to enter frame just at the right time....
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This ice berg shows some of the beautiful patterns that melt channels can produce. The bird (possibly a Skua) to enter frame just at the right time.
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Jan, 2014

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This towering ice berg lies in wait for us off the coast of South Georgia, having broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf some 10 years previous.

Although the sea wasn't particularly violent, as the waves approach bergs such as this one they are amplified by hidden ice ledges, constructive inter

Having departed South Georgia 4 days ago, enduring rough seas for much of the journey, land is finally in sight - a glowing sunset silhouettes Clarenc

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This cannon looks out over Blanco Bay on the route into Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.

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$As I attempt to capture the refracted sun through the clouds of the moody Antarctic sky, these flakes of ice drift past, reminding me of cells under a$

If the engine were cut, we would have heard just the crackling of slowly melting ice in this ultimate of serene locations.

My friends climb a hill of pulverised volcanic rock inside the volcanically active Deception Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula.

This near symmetrical melting would have occurred before the berg flipped over - something that we witnessed elsewhere in our Antarctic expedition.

Lenticular

The active volcano that formed the Deception Island caldera is slowly reclaiming the buildings that remain, with the help of the antarctic weather.

Tea Berries

Stanley is known for its colourful tin-clad rooftops.

The famous Salisbury Plains, South Georgia - home to lots and lots of penguins.

Two whaling ships are beached far above the waterline at Grytviken.

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