Sealing at Duse Bay - getting food for the dogs

SHACKLETON boat heading into the ice at Duse Bay for seal hunting

Weddell seals at old British Base T at Cape Geddes

The SHACKLETON in Meek Channel, next to Argentine Island

The old base camp G at Admiralty Bay, King George Island

Offshore from Wednesday Island. 64 56 S Latitude 63 35 W Longitude.

An icy beach in Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands, a glacier front to right. 62 10 S Latitude 58 25 W Longitude.

A streak of sunlight illuminates the top of Nansen Island. 64 35 S Latitude 62 06 W Longitude.

An iceberg in Gerlache Strait

The mainland from Gerlache Strait. 64 30 S Latitude 62 20 W Longitude.

Lemaire Channel. 65 05 S Latitude 64 00 W Longitude.

Rincon Grande Ranch in the Falkland Islands - the SHACKLETON came here to pick up sheep carcasses for supplying Antarctic bases.

Seal hunting in Lemaire Strait.

Leith - a fleet of whaling chase vessels layed up for good.

Sheep farming at Hill Cove

The dock at Hill Cove

National Geographic Antarctica Map

Weddell seals on ice floe

An elephant seal at Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands

Seals on the ice in Meek Channel - note flipper marks in the snow.

Sea lions at Cape Geddes, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands. 60 42 S Latitude 044 35 W Longitude.

Adelie penquins on the march across an icy landscape

Penguins at Signy Island

Adelie penguins

Adelie penguins at Cape Geddes, Laurie Island

Adelie penguins on the beach at Deception Island

Look hard and you will find a baby giant petrel camouflaged in the rocks

Among the penguins at Port Lockroy

A sunset at Duse Bay

A sunset in Antarctic Sound

Passing over ice floes while flying to McMurdo Station

Flying over a huge glacier on the way to McMurdo Station

Williams Field, a 20,000 foot runway, scraped out of the ice and snow

Mount Erebus, an active volcano near McMurdo Station

A view down into the Mount Erebus volcano caldera

Mount Erebus framed under the plane's wing at Williams Field

A view of Mount Erebus and the C-130 that flew scientific party from New Zealand

Mount Erebus in the distance

Part of McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station from a small aircraft

Sea ice at McMurdo Sound

Fred Walton on a primitive snowmobile at McMurdo Station

Scientists during survival training exercise prior to debarking for South Pole

Survival exercises prior to debarking for South Pole

A mummified seal in an Antarctic dry valley near McMurdo Station. This seal could be hundreds of years old

The Amundsen-Scott Memorial at South Pole Station

The Transantarctic Range as seen while flying to South Pole Station

Ski-equipped C-130 taking off from the South Pole

Ski-equipped C-130 on its way back to McMurdo Sound from the South Pole.

United States flag marks the geographic South Pole.