Part Three

Lesser Snow Petrel

Pagodroma nivea nivea

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Antarctic Petrel

Thalassoica antarctica

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Larry L. Jackson

Emperor Penguin

Aptenodytes forsteri

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Larry L. Jackson

Antarctic Petrels

Thalassoica antarctica

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Larry L. Jackson

Antarctic Petrel

Thalassoica antarctica

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Larry L. Jackson

Killer Whale male

Orcinus orca

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Larry L. Jackson

Killer Whales

Orcinus orca - appears to be a female and a young male.

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Larry L. Jackson

Young Sea Ice Floes

Bay of Whales, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Mixed Sea Ice

Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Larry L. Jackson

Ross Ice Shelf

One of our helicopters above the huge ice shelf.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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Larry L. Jackson

Ross Ice Shelf looking East

We were told that the ice shelf is over 600 miles wide at the Ocean, over 600 miles into the continent and over a 1,000 feet thick.

Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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LJax

Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, November 29, 2006

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David Salmanowitz