tiabunna's photos with the keyword: icebergs

Icebergs on a calm evening. Larger version in note.

Near the coastline of East Antarctica at about midnight on Midsummer's Day, with 'sunset' at the Antarctic Circle travelling eastward along the horizon to the south and reflected on clouds and icebergs to the north. I like it on black (press Z).

I'll leave Mawson's Hut with this stitched panorama. After visiting the hut interior, I felt the need to take it all in context, so I headed onto the ridge to the west. Mouse over the note at top left to view large. Near the hut is one of the more improbable sights: people queueing in Antarctica! They were waiting their turn to visit the interior. The smaller dots on the snow are Adelie penguins.

From an old 1966 slide. This was the view from the meteorological office window as midwinter drew around. Looking across the frozen harbour toward the north, with icebergs showing as mirages.

Looking forward - to ipernity's problems hopefully being solved early in the coming year... I'll be back in a few days. Copied (too small) from an old slide. View from the edge of the icecap behind Mawson station, early 1966, looking across the base itself, Horseshoe Harbour (beginning to freeze over), and to the islands and icebergs beyond. The surface here is blue ice: glassy hard and slippery, so my friend is wearing crampons to ensure a grip.

From an old slide. Sea ice and icebergs lit by the sunset.

From an old slide, taken January 1966. Relatively shallow water off the coast near the Wilkes/Casey base results in many large icebergs being grounded, sometimes for years, so the area acquired the label of "Iceberg Alley". Most are tabular bergs, as seen here. In turn, the grounded icebergs tend to keep the sea ice from drifting away, sometimes causing shipping access problems. In the PiP, the ship working slowly fore and aft, pushing its way through the pack ice.