1300 | |
A zodiac boat departing the NATHANIEL B. PALMER to collect ice samples for biological studies. |
1996 December |
1301 | |
Personnel basket putting people out on the ice for sample collection from the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. |
1996 December |
1302 | |
Collecting ice cores to collect biological samples. |
1998 December |
1303 | |
Net trawl for benthic (bottom-dwelling) biota. |
1996 December |
1304 | |
Spoils of net trawl. Numerous holothurians (sea cucumbers) and other marine life on deck. |
1997 December |
1305 | |
A new species of snail fish discovered by Joe Eastman. |
1997 December |
1306 | |
Antarctic sushi party! |
1996 December |
1307 | |
Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) rosette and water sample bottles being deployed from "Baltic Room" on the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. |
1996 December |
1308 | |
Drawing a water sample from Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) rosette water sample bottles. |
1998 December |
1309 | |
Scientist conducting phytoplankton taxonomy research. |
1998 December |
1310 | |
Preparing an Interocean Current Meter in the Ross Sea for deployment from a fixed mooring. |
1996 December |
1311 | |
Preparing a mid-water sediment trap for deployment in the Ross Sea. For collecting biological particles as they fall to the sea floor. |
1996 December |
1312 | |
Preparing to deploy mooring floats for current and sediment studies from the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. |
1996 December |
1313 | |
Ringing in the New Year with the drop of a mooring anchor at 00:00:00 on January 1, 1997. |
1997 January 1 |
1314 | |
Recovering a box core with a bottom sample for biological studies. |
1997 January |
1315 | |
Science is hard work! |
1997 January |
1316 | |
Antarctic beach party. Football, frisbee, and baseball below the Antarctic Circle. |
1997 December |
1317 | |
Antarctic beach party and barbecue. |
1997 December |
1318 | |
Grounded tabular iceberg at Cape Washington, Victoria Land. |
1996 December |
1319 | |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer image of Ross Ice Shelf. |
|
1320 | |
Edge of the Ross Ice Shelf as seen by the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. |
1996 December |
1321 | |
Edge of the Ross Ice Shelf as seen by the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. |
1997 December |
1322 | |
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 December |
1323 | |
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 December |
1324 | |
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 December |
1325 | |
Large tabular icebergs grounded in the Ross Sea. |
1998 December |
1326 | |
NATHANIEL B. PALMER breaking sea ice in the Ross Sea. |
1996 December |
1327 | |
Vince's Cross at Hut Point Peninsula, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Named for George Vince, a member of the Scott Discovery Expedition, who drowned nearby. |
1996 December |
1328 | |
Cross on Observation Hill erected as memorial to Robert Falcon Scott. |
1990 December |
1329 | |
Scott's Hut with the NATHANIEL B. PALMER in the foreground and McMurdo Station in the background. |
1996 December |
1330 | |
Stuffed emperor penguins on display in the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand. |
1996 December |
1331 | |
Mount Erebus shrouded in clouds from McMurdo Sound. |
1996 December |
1332 | |
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 December |
1333 | |
Bust of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd at McMurdo Station. |
1996 December |
1334 | |
Shrine to _____ Williams who lost his life during Navy Antarctic operations in the 1950's when his tractor broke through the sea ice and he was drowned. |
1996 December |
1335 | |
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 |
1336 | |
The NATHANIEL B. PALMER set in ice. |
1996 December |
1337 | |
The front of a melting glacier. |
|
1338 | |
Large tabular ice bergs |
|
1339 | |
Cape Adare, the northwest corner of the Ross Sea. 71 40 S Latitude 170 30 E Longitude. |
|
1340 | |
Mount Melbourne - an active volcano. 74 21 S Latitude 164 42 E Longitude. |
|
1341 | |
The Campbell Ice Tongue protruding into the Ross Sea. |
|
1342 | |
A segment of the Transantarctic Mountains |
|
1343 | |
The old entrance to Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England. |
1997 April |
1344 | |
The old entrance to Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England. |
1997 April |
1345 | |
The old entrance to Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England. The bust of Robert Falcon Scott is evident in this picture. |
1997 April |
1346 | |
Mount Erebus in the distance from the top of Observation Hill. |
1990 December |
1347 | |
A view of the Royal Society Range from Observation Hill. 78 10 S Latitude 162 40 E Longitude. |
1990 December |
1348 | |
Preparing a meteorological balloon for launching at McMurdo Station. |
1990 December |
1349 | |
Meteorological balloon with instrument package swinging below at McMurdo Station. |
1990 December |