The sun returning to Scott Base after the long winter darkness.

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Afternoon view of Our Lady of the Snows memorial on Hut Point Ridge in front of McMurdo Station not long after the last sunset at the start of winter.

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Looking towards Mount Erebus from the summit of Mount Terror. Ross Island, Antarctica. Mount Bird is to the right at the northern end of the island.

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The sea ice pressure ridges in front of Scott Base in early summer. Mt Erebus in the background.

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The penguins at Cape Bird in the summer midnight sun.

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Looking north from Hut Point after the sea ice has broken out.

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Scott Base in March as the sea has just begun to freeze over again after being open water in front of the base a few days before.

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A lone zodiac out among the icebergs on an overcast day on the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Glacier face and caves on the Antarctic Peninsula taken from the deck of the Lindblad Nat Geo Orion ship.

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The back room at Discovery Hut, from Scott's 1902 expedition.
Stitched HDR panorama made up of approx 10x HDR photos that were 5x bracketed and stacked photos each, so a total of about 50 photos.

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Looking across the sea ice to the Barne Glacier as seen from Cape Evans, with a Hagglunds from Scott Base on the right of the picture.

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Looking across Black Island towards Mount Discovery at the end of winter, just before the sun returns.

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South Pole Panorama.
On the left is the Geographic South Pole, plus the ceremonial marker. behind it is the dome that housed the old station. The new South Pole Station is the buildings on the right.

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View of Pram Point, at the southern tip of Ross Island. Observation Hill and McMurdo Station on the left, Scott Base on the right, Mt Erebus in the background.

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Panorama looking down the hill to Scott Base and across the Ross Ice Shelf. White Island is in the distance, Black Island is on the right, Mount Terror on the left.

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Panoramic view of the Royal Society Mountain Range after sunset

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Winter Traverse in Pisten Bully vehicles across the Ice Shelf to Black Island.

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Ross Island Sunrise.
Looking across the McMurdo Ice Shelf to Ross Island and Mount Erebus.
A pisten bully vehicle traverses the Ice.

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The Hangar building at Scott Base with an aurora australis over the sea ice pressure ridges.

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Panoramic 180 degree view of Lake Vanda, Wright Valley, Dry Valleys, Antarctica.

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Mount Aztec in The Dry Valleys.
A larger 360 degree full-resolution zoomable version of this photo can be seen here:
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/173370

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Panoramic view of an iceberg stuck in the new sea ice at Cape Evans at the end of winter. Mt Erebus in the background.

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Cape Bird penguin colony and the Bird Glacier on the northern tip of Ross Island.
A zoomable version of this picture can be viewed at full resolution here... http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/173107

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Emperor Penguins on the Ross Ice Shelf, looking towards the Royal Society Ranges.

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180 degree panorama of the Cape Bird penguin colony. Approximately 60,000 penguins in this picture.

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Waiting on the sea ice route to Cape Evans in McMurdo Sound for a hagglunds to arrive. Tent Island and Mount Erebus in the background.

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Ross Island, as seen from the Ross Ice Shelf. Mount Erebus is on the left, Mount Terror on the right. Scott Base and McMurdo Station are on the peninsula at the base of Mount Erebus in the foreground.

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Panorama of the Barne Glacier taken from the seasonal sea ice of McMurdo Sound.

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Mt Lister and the Royal Society Mountains

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360 degree panoramic view taken from the helicopter landing pad at Black Island, Antarctica. The large domes house the satellite dishes to protect them from the weather.

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The Hagglunds from Scott Base having just crossed a crack in the annual sea ice near Cape Royds. They are towing bridging ladders behind them to lay across the cracks to drive over.

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360 degree panorama of one of the riggers working on a radio repeater on Mount Coates in the Dry Valleys. The upper Taylor Valley is to the right, Lake Bonney is on the extreme right hand side of the picture.

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Black Island as seen from Minna Bluff. Brown Peninsula is on the left, Mount Erebus on the right.

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Near the summit of Mount Erebus on a foggy steamy day.

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Working on the radio repeater on top of Mount Terror at the eastern end of Ross Island. Mount Erebus is to the west in the background.

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360 degree panorama, looking down into the Taylor Valley from the 1882 Peak repeater site.

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Glacier Flow Upper Taylor Valley

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Under the awnings at Discovery Hut. Stitched HDR panorama photo.

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Black Island Satellite Station in the winter twilight. The wind turbines provide about 25% of the power needed to keep the station running.

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Helo flying past the mountains in the upper Taylor Valley

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McMurdo Station as seen from the bridge of the annual fuel supply tanker ship.

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Twilight returning to the daytime sky at Scott Base in late winter.

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360 degree panorama from the repeater site on Mount Voslips looking down towards Lake Fryxl and across McMurdo Sound to Mount Erebus in the distance. An alternative angle zoomable version of this photo is available here:
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/173372

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Glacier face on the Antarctic Peninsula taken from the deck of the Lindblad Nat Geo Orion ship.

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Inside Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds. A full 360 degree zoomable version of this image can be seen at the link below, large enough to zoom all the way in and read most of the labels on the cans.
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/173851
This is not long after the NZ Antarctic Heritage Trust had finished their major restoration project on this hut. For more info visit http://www.NZAHT.org

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Weighing penguin chicks at Cape Bird

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Field research camp at Spaulding Pond in the Dry Valleys

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Howard Glacier in the lower Taylor Valley

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