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Antarctica
Photos from a research cruise to Antarctica with RV Polarstern, January-March 1995,

ant087 Big seas on the way from Cape town south to Antarctica.
ant065 Polarstern in the Weddell Sea.
ant063 Breaking ice.
ant092 Polarstern after a crash with an iceberg.
ant003 The Antarctic Peninsula.
ant051 The airgun array is lowered into the water to start a seismic experiment.
ant071 Scientists are moved from the ship onto the ice shelf.
ant027 The emperor penguins are expecting us...
ant026 ...as well as this Adelie.
ant089 Ski trip towards the south pole.
ant005 Ice comes in an amazing variety of shapes, colors, consistency: Thin sea ice...
ant007 ...thickening pancake ice...
ant012 ...large icebergs...
ant011 ...broken away from the ice shelf, and glowing in the evening sun.

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