Aerial view Antarctic coastline and Transantarctic Mountains Early spring Terra Nova Bay Cape Washington Mount Melbourne


Cape Washington is at foreground left the world s second largest emperor penguin colony can just be seen as a smudge on the fast sea ice just beyond the cape Terra Nova Bay is beyond and to left of Cape Washington In distance are the Campbell Glacier Tongue Northern Foothills Prince Albert Mountains the Eisenhower Range and the Deep Freeze Range all part of the Transantarctic Mountains Mount Melbourne 2732 metres at right is one of only two active volcanoes on Antarctic continent In foreground is the western edge of the Ross Sea At the extreme right is Wood Bay Fast ice bay ice is anchored to the coastline in a continuous unbroken sheet In the foreground is the pack ice Wonderful view through clear Antarctic air


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