Antarctic Photos 8 – Ice In All Its Forms

Mina2 in the Caribbean - Where's The Ice Gone?
Tim Barker
Mon 30 Jan 2012 23:48

Antarctic Photos 8 – Ice In All Its Forms

 

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Weird shaped bergy bits

 

 

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Thick brash on our way into Palmer Station

 

 

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We missed the opportunity of taking Mina2 round one side of the ice hole in this berg and photographing it through the other side. This berg was probably 200 feet tall and only 1/8th of it is above the surface.

 

 

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An avalanche crashes down the mountain with a thunderous roar – the whole time all the glaciers and ice walls are creaking, groaning, and cracking like artillery fire

 

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