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Fumarolic ice tower on Mt. Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Field Safety Training in -85F weather near McMurdo Station, Antarctica
French team waits to launch weather balloon near McMurdo Station, Antarctica
US Antarctic Program C-17 enroute from New Zealand to McMurdo Station
Scientists after landing on sea ice of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
McMurdo Station, the largest human settlement in Antarctica
Nose of Barne Glacier floating amidst sea ice, Ross Island, Antarctica
Frozen sand dunes of Victoria Valley, Antarctica
Tongue of Erebus Glacier juts out into McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Sea ice buckles near the edge of the Erebus Glacier, Ross Island, Antarctica
Lake Vanda, which has the clearest ice in the world, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Looking through 30 feet of ice to the bottom of Lake Vanda, Antarctica
Cracked permafrost along the sea shore of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Scott's Hut, Cape Evans, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Fresh water lakes in Bull Pass, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Emperor penguins and their young, Beaufort Island, Antarctica
Snow piles mark a closed sea-ice runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Dirty ice where glacial streams converge, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
Iceberg, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Wrecked US Navy plane near abandoned runway, McMurdo Sound, Antartica
Upper Taylor Glacier near Kennar Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Fifty-knot katabatic winds pour off Vortex Glacier, McMuro Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
Geologists exploring dirty ice of Beacon Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Freeze-dried carcass of Weddell Seal, Lake Chad, McMurdo Dry Valleys
Blue ice at the foot of the Seuss Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
100+ lbs. boulder atop permanent ice cover of Lake Bonney, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antartctica
Wind-carved rock in the 'Museum of Ventifacts', Taylor Valley, Antarctica.
The edge of Lake Hoare and the terminus of Canada Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
Canada Glacier, Taylor Valley, Antarctica
Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds, Ross Island, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
Summit of 3975m. Mt. Erebus, the most active volcano in Antarctica.
Helicopter brings snowmobile to camp on Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
Wiggling icicles in steam vent through the ice on Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
Vulcanologists and snowmobiles wait out a blizzard on Mt. Erebus, Antarctica.
Translucent ceiling of a steam-vent ice cave, Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
Geologists near the volcanic summit of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica.
Geologists circumnavigate the volcanic summit of 3975m. Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
Permanent lava lake inside the summit crater of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
Fresh skid mark of a hot volcanic bomb on Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
Inside an ice cave over a steam vent on Mt. Erebus, Antarctica.

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