Another view from Avian Island - SHACKLETON in the distance. 67 46 S Latitude 68 54 W Longitude.

British Base T on Adelaide Island

Looking ashore from Marguerite Bay. 68 00 S Latitude 68 30 W Longitude.

The SHACKLETON temporarily stuck in the ice at Marguerite Bay. 68 00 S Latitude 68 30 W Longitude.

Neny Island - still unapproachable through the ice of Marguerite Bay - 68 12 S Latitude 67 03 W Longitude. Furthest point south reached by the SHACKLETON in the summer of 1962.

Measuring distances with a tellurometer on Avian Island 67 46 S Latitude 68 54 W Longitude.

Cape Alexandra on Adelaide Island. 67 45 S Latitude 68 36 W Longitude.

Grytviken, a whaling base

Looking toward the mainland from the top of Galindez Island. 67 15 S Latitude 64 15 W Longitude.

Looking NW from the top of Galindez Island. 67 15 S Latitude 64 15 W Longitude. The SHACKLETON in a maze of ice and rock

Traversing Antarctic Sound next to Larsen Ice Shelf - on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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