Geology of Antarctica
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Amundsen Scott Station is a cold, isolated community of scientists and support personel at the bottom of the world, the South Pole. This is a peculiar place. Anywhere you look, you really are looking north. The station has an alpha entrance on one end and a zulu entrance on the other end. Both of them are, in reali...
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We were on a Quark Explorers Cruise on the MV Professor Multanovskiy, and we were exploring the Antarctic Peninsula. It was a beautiful day a after an impressive storm at sea. We took shelter from the gale in Hope Harbor, and we were invited ashore when the weather cleared. It was a great landing. Base Esperanza i...
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Here is another view of Base Esperanza, the Argentine research station that is situated at the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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The Helicopter pad at Base Primavera had a great view of Cierva Cove. We spend some time taking in the view and making photographs. I was surprised by all of this green in Antarctica. The rocks were verdent with grasses and mosses, and we had to watch where we stepped to avoid the vegetation. The ice of Cierva ...
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The South Shetland Islands are in the Southern Ocean just west of the Antarctic Peninsula. Half Moon Island is well-placed in the opening of Moon Bay on the east side of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. This rocky island is only 2 kilometers across. Half Moon Island is the home of the Argentine nav...
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Livingston Island is an Antarctic island in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica lying between Greenwich Island and Snow Islands. This island was known to sealers as early as 1819, and the name Livingston has been well established in international usage for over 180 years. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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This is a clearer view of the Base Esperanza panorama that was uploaded to the Gigapan site on April 16. In the new image the snow has stopped, and the wind has had about a half hour to clean snow off of the buildings. In this image you get a better idea of the layout of the facility, but the older image tells you a ...
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We left Ushuaia 3 days ago and have successfully crossed the Drake Passage. Before us we see Bellingshausen Research Station on King Edward Island, which is just west of the Antarctic Peninsula. The multicolored buildings of the base are softened by the morning fog. Closer, and much clearer, a cluster of rusting st...
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This is Base Esperanza, an Argentine research station on Hope Bay at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic bases are unique places to work. Researchers here experience isolation, cold and months of prolonged darkness. This base, in those respects, is like most of the others. Base Esparenza is very unusual...
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