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Antarctica & South Georgia Island(59 images)
  • Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Bow of the PETREL in Grytviken, South Georgia Island By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Salvesen Range, South Georgia Island By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Lenticular clouds above, magnificent mountains, an awesome glacier... just to my left was the green hill & valley full of penguins... and behind me a dazzling sun peaking through the clouds. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Iceberg in the Southern Ocean By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Lenticular clouds forming real-time over the mountains framing the fjord. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • The end of Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Cruising the South Orkney Islands, our first large icebergs were encountered.  Even the seasick came out for these. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Penguins making the ice home. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • An amazingly colorful iceberg in the South Orkney Islands dotted with penguins..  This is the first landfall between South Georgia Island and Antarctica. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Penguins on the ice.  The South Orkney Islands were a feast of ice, light, life and COLD. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Closeup of very old ice, perhaps 30,000 years old. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • South Orkney Islands, old ice in chunks, very large chunks. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • More old ice... I should note that sometimes we would see little pieces of such ice in the water near the rafts, like clear glass floating in the water, devoid of air bubbles that had long been squeezed out in the immense pressure at the bottom of the glacier.  A few of these made it to the bar for cocktails. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • All scale is lost on these icebergs, they are immense natural works of art. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • The dimpled surface of an iceberg that had recently rotated to reveal what was underwater. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • That is all iceberg on the top, dripping into the sea surface. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • This piece of ice recently rotated and exposed the ice that was once underwater.  Icebergs rotate multilple times (6-8 is common) in the process of melting.  However they are LARGE so it is a slow process in human terms. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • The spoon carved appearance of recently surfaced ice from the sea. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • A very large iceberg we passed cruising out of the South Orkney Islands toward Antarctica. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • A very large iceberg we passed cruising out of the South Orkney Islands toward Antarctica. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Entering the Scotia Sea from the South Orkney Islands By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Black and white version of the prevous image. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • Some odd sculptural pieces on the corner of the very large iceberg we passed. By photographer Rice Jackson
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  • 12" x 34" x 240 dpi. The whole view of the enormous iceberg we passed leaving the South Orkney Islands." x 240 dpi. The whole view of the enormous iceberg we passed leaving the South Orkney Islands. By photographer Rice Jackson
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