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Breathtaking Photos of Antarctica

A look at the beautiful and rugged Antarctic landscape
Related: Antarctica, Earth, Travel

By SKYE Editors Aug 08, 2012

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    Clouds pass over Paradise Bay.

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    A spring sunset glows pink at Palmer Station. Torgersen and Litchfield islands are in the distance.

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    The sun rises over Pack Ice, Snowhill Island, Antarctic Island.

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    The aurora australis are seen lighting the night sky at the IceCube laboratory at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

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    View of Sheldon Glacier with Mount Barre in the background, seen from Ryder Bay near Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctica.

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    Fast ice (sea ice attached to the shoreline) breaks up around an iceberg in Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea.

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    Mountains and clouds are reflected in Errera Channel off Danco Island at first light.

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    A Snowy Sheathbill sits before a spectacular sunset near Palmer Station.

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  • Carlos Pobes/National Science Foundation
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    A full moon rises over the South Pole Telescope at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. This photo was taken at 2 p.m. on April 5, 2012.

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    Two perfect arches give a glimpse through a massive iceberg in Grandidier Channel.

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  • Kelly Jacques/National Science Foundation
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    The sun sets at Palmer Station, Anvers Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula.

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    A mountain is reflected in the clear waters at Gerlache Strait.

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  • Corey Anthony/National Science Foundation
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    The Transantarctic Mountains, glaciers and crevasse fields are viewed from above.

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    Sunset nears at McMurdo Station on the southern tip of Ross Island.

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    Emperor Penguins walk on Snowhill Island, Antarctic Island, Antarctica.

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    The retreating Knox Coast iceshelf exposes the barren Windmill Islands of Vincennes Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory.

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    Icebergs in Antarctica's Ross Sea.

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    A magnificent green aurora australis glows over the South Pole Telescope at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

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    Tourists cruise along Drygalski Ice Tongue.

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    A researcher walks among tents on a summer day at Byrd Surface Field Camp.

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    A mountain range is covered by glaciers in the Errera Channel, Antarctic Peninsula.

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    The sun sets over icebergs in Penola Strait.

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    Felicity Aston, the first woman to traverse Antarctica alone and on her own power, walks towards Hercules Inlet.

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    An Antarctic hut used more than 100 years ago by famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton stands at Cape Royds on Antarctica's Ross Island.

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    A yacht sails past an iceberg in Errera Channel.

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hello samuel

I wish I could see them in person
It s a dream voyage.

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brennemanbelkin

Sure it gets down to 69 below, but it's a dry cold.

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drshnrob

theres proof they dont build em like they uset to

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linarudel

Beautiful pictures

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