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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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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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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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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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I wish I could see them in person
March 16 2013 at 10:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt s a dream voyage.
Sure it gets down to 69 below, but it's a dry cold.
February 05 2013 at 11:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replytheres proof they dont build em like they uset to
February 05 2013 at 7:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBeautiful pictures
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