1250 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2323.jpg) |
Flying over large tabular icebergs on the way to McMurdo Sound |
December, 1960 |
1251 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2324.jpg) |
Flying over large tabular icebergs on the way to McMurdo Sound |
December, 1960 |
1252 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2325.jpg) |
Flying over large tabular icebergs on the way to McMurdo Sound |
December, 1960 |
1253 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2326.jpg) |
A pressure ridge on the sea ice at McMurdo Sound |
December, 1960 |
1254 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2327.jpg) |
Viewing some of the scenery in the vicinity of McMurdo Sound |
December, 1960 |
1255 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2328.jpg) |
A rugged glacial sculpted valley near McMurdo Station |
December, 1960 |
1256 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2329.jpg) |
A closeup of a jumbled mass of ice on a mountainside |
December, 1960 |
1257 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2330.jpg) |
A closeup of a jumbled mass of ice on a mountainside |
December, 1960 |
1258 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2331.jpg) |
Going down into a large crevasse for a closer look. |
December, 1960 |
1259 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2332.jpg) |
Grabbing a drink from a snow-melt stream |
December, 1960 |
1260 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2333.jpg) |
An Antarctic dry valley. |
December, 1960 |
1261 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2334.jpg) |
A lonely Antarctic outpost |
December, 1960 |
1262 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2335.jpg) |
Looking into an Antarctic dry valley |
December, 1960 |
1263 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2336.jpg) |
A dry valley surrounded by Antarctic mountains |
December, 1960 |
1264 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2337.jpg) |
Looking ahead from on top of a tractor-pulled wanigan. Large round tires carried fuel. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse |
December, 1960 |
1265 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2338.jpg) |
Tractor-train heading up Skelton Glacier McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse |
December, 1960 |
1266 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2339.jpg) |
Probing for crevasses on Skelton Glacier. Note life lines. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse |
January, 1961 |
1267 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2340.jpg) |
Bridging a crevasse. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse |
January, 1961 |
1268 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2341.jpg) |
The landing field at McMurdo Station. |
December, 1960 |
1269 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2342.jpg) |
McMurdo Station |
December, 1960 |
1270 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2343.jpg) |
Mount Erebus |
December, 1960 |
1271 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2344.jpg) |
McMurdo Station scene |
December, 1960 |
1272 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2345.jpg) |
Helicopters at McMurdo Station. |
December, 1960 |
1273 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2346.jpg) |
Large stand built of welded fuel barrels set as navigation aid on way to South Pole. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse |
January, 1961 |
1274 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2347.jpg) |
Looking back at the trail as the expedition leaves the Trans- Antarctic Mountains on the last 300 miles to the South Pole. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse |
January, 1961 |
1275 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2348.jpg) |
Ardo X. Meyer, traverse navigator and geomagnetic observer, celebrating at South Pole Station after completing traverse and two months on the ice cap. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse |
January, 1961 |
1276 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2349.jpg) |
Statue of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott along the Avon River in Christchurch, New Zealand. |
1996 |
1277 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2350.jpg) |
Photographer getting ready to set up for shot of Mount Erebus across sea ice. |
1996 December |
1278 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2351.jpg) |
Gerlache Strait on the Antarctic Peninsula. 64 30 S Latitude 62 20 W Longitude. |
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1279 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2352.jpg) |
The Ross Ice Shelf at the Bay of Whales - the point where Amundsen staged his successful assault on the South Pole. 78 30 S Latitude 164 20W Longitude. |
1998 November |
1280 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2353.jpg) |
Littleton Harbor near Christchurch, New Zealand. The home port of the NATHANIEL B. PALMER, the NSF research icebreaker. |
1996 December |
1281 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2354.jpg) |
A bow shot of the NATHANIEL B. PALMER set in the ice. |
1996 December |
1282 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2355.jpg) |
Waves breaking as seen from a porthole on the 0-1 Deck of the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. Crossing the Southern Ocean. |
1998 October |
1283 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2356.jpg) |
Helicopter resupply of the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. Supplies being ferried from McMurdo Station. |
1998 November |
1284 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2357.jpg) |
Helicopter resupply of the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. Supplies being ferried from McMurdo Station. |
1996 December |
1285 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2358.jpg) |
Map of Antarctica - early Twentieth Century map from the National Geographic Society. Shows track of Admiral Richard Byrd's flight track to the South Pole. |
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1286 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2359.jpg) |
Shaded relief map of Antarctica developed from RADARSAT Synthetic Aperture Radar data. RADARSAT is a Canadian satellite. |
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1287 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2360.jpg) |
McMurdo Station from Observation Hill. |
1990 December |
1288 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2361.jpg) |
Sir Raymond Priestly after spending nine months in a snow cave at Terra Nova Bay in Victoria Land, Antarctica. |
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1289 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2362.jpg) |
Water color by Edward Wilson of seal. Wilson was a member of the ill-fated Robert Falcon Scott expedition. |
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1290 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2363.jpg) |
Water color by Edward Wilson of leopard seal pursuing penguins. Wilson was a member of the ill-fated Robert Falcon Scott expedition. |
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1291 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2364.jpg) |
Personnel basket putting people out on the ice for sample collection from the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. |
1997 January |
1292 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2365.jpg) |
Beautiful marine diatoms as seen through a microscope. These tiny creatures have silica exoskeletons. |
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1293 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2367.jpg) |
Graphic of Antarctic Ozone Hole for two dates in September 1998. |
1998 September |
1294 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2368.jpg) |
Sunset over sea ice at the marginal ice zone as NATHANIEL B. PALMER headed south. |
1996 December |
1295 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2369.jpg) |
Antarctic sea ice cover in February 1998 and September 1998. Graphic derived special sensor Microwave Imager satellite data. |
1998 |
1296 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2370.jpg) |
NATHANIEL B. PALMER cutting through thin ice. |
1998 November |
1297 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2371.jpg) |
Pancake ice as seen from the bridge of the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. Largest pancake is approximately four feet across. |
1998 December |
1298 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2372.jpg) |
Small ice floes in open water as seen from the bridge of the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. Ice is melting at time of this picture. |
1998 December |
1299 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508205414im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/corp2373.jpg) |
Fast ice (attached to land) in McMurdo Sound. 77 30 S Latitude 165 E Longitude. |
1990 December |