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Stopped in our path! This huge iceberg (called C19) measures around 150 km long and 30 km wide! Behind it is a traffic jam! Sea ice and other icebergs are banked up for hundreds of kilometres and we are not able to reach our final destination of Ross Island. |
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Minke whales feed on the edge of the ice. Leads (gaps) in the ice appear and we follow them as far as we can, what an adventure! |
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This was our destination, 74 degrees south at 11pm in mid January. How did those early explorers get through all this ice? Without a big southerly summer storm, the sea ice has not blown out to sea. We had hoped to make it further south to visit more of the historic huts, but we are travelling on nature's terms. We are thrilled with what we have seen. |
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A lone Adelie penguin casts a
beautiful shadow on the ice. |
