Views all around

Just a few photos of the area that give some nice views. The first is a nice shot of McMurdo station from above, perhaps Ob Hill. You can see Mt Erebus steaming in the background and the annual sea ice off to the left side of the picture. This shot is looking to the North-West.

The next shot is of the pressure ridges out from Scott Base which is the Antarctica-New Zealand station. Off in the background to the West you can see the Transantarctic mountains and the Royal Society Mountain Range. The pressure ridges occur with the annual ice pushes up against the permanent ice shelf or another non-moving mass. They are cracks that come up in the ice and often you can see critters such as seals that come up out of the sea below to hang out.

This last photo is of Mount Erebus. It is one of the few active volcanos in the world that has an open top and is constantly releasing pressure. You can see it steaming away most days and there are some pretty neat videos into the top where you can see it all bubbling and exploding away inside. Again looking mostly to the North-ish.