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Cameraman Brian Igelman taping Emperor penguins on the sea-ice
near McMurdo, during the first Live from Antarctica electronic
field trip.
Project Director Geoff Haines-Stiles atop one of the University
of Chicago's astronomical observatories at the South Pole: yes,
this day was unusually warm... and he put his bright red NSF parka
back on just a second later!
Geoff Haines-Stiles outside Shackleton's hut, at Cape Royds, one
of the protected historic sites from the "Heroic Age"
of Antarctic exploration.
Brian Igelman at work on the "ice-edge" with a science
team sampling algae: when you focus the camera on the horizon,
you realize the entire ice sheet on which you're standing is gently
bouncing up and down!
Adelie penguin colony, like that to be seen in LFA2's second program.
(NSF)
An Elephant seal. (NSF)
Antarctica from space. (NSF)
Krill, in close-up! (NSF)
Satellites can also image plankton in the seas around Antarctica.
(NSF)
Area of United States compared to that of Antarctica. (NSF)
The Antarctic ozone hole, as seen by Earth-orbiting satellites.
(NSF)
Palmer Station, with the R/V Polar Duke alongside the dock. (Ann
Hawthorne)
The Antarctic Peninsula is the only place in Antarctica where
grasses and certain other plants can survive on the surface. (Ann
Hawthorne)
Measuring the beak of an Adelie penguin, as part of a multi-year
study of breeding habits of chick survival.(Ann
Hawthorne)
An Adelie, with its distinctive circle-pattern around its eye.
(Ann
Hawthorn)
"Up close and personal" with a penguin: the researchers'
contacts with all the wild creatures is strictly regulated under
the Antarctic Conservation Act. (Ann
Hawthorne)
Tossing and turning across the Drake Passage, some of the roughest
seas on Earth. (Ann
Hawthorne)
Readying a Zodiac inflatable, for research trips out to the islands
surrounding Palmer: there's a 2-mile boating safety limit. (Ann
Hawthorne)
Studying the plant life around Palmer. (Ann
Hawthorne)
Aboard a Zodiac, carefully sampling sea and wildlife. (Ann
Hawthorne)
Sending ocean-sampling instruments overboard from the R/V Polar
Duke, on an especially beautiful day. (Ann
Hawthorne)
Please note that all Ann Hawthorne images are © 1996 Ann Hawthorne
and may not be downloaded or reproduced with out permission.
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