Antarctica Photo Library
Donna Patterson-Fraser handles a giant petrel chick near the Antarctic Peninsula. She and other members of Dr. Bill Fraser's field team closely monitor the huge scavenger-predators as part of a larger ecological study. Photograph by: Peter Rejcek, National Science Foundation, Date Taken: January 19, 2010
Polar Festivals — Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
Photo: The South Pole ceremonial pole and flags are moved as part of the new station dedication ceremony. The ceremonial pole is candy-cane striped with a silver ball on top and is always surrounded by the flags of the original 12 signatory nations to the Antarctic Treaty. Photo courtesy of Glenn Grant, National Science Foundation.
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A distant view of Palmer Station, the smallest of the three United States research stations in Antarctica. It is located on Anvers Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula. All of the stations are operated by the National Science Foundation's U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP). Further information about USAP is available Here. (Date of Image: June 2006) Credit: Glenn E. Grant, National Science Foundation
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A section of ice core with a thick layer of sediment in the middle. The core was retrieved from Lake Vida in Antarctica at a depth of ~21 meters. This research was conducted as part of the 2010 Lake Vida expedition, the purpose of which was to access the isolated and ice-bound brine ecosystem and underlying sediments in this unusual, mostly frozen lake--one of the highest and coldest of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Credit: Alison E Murray, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nev.
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A killer whale swims toward Wayne Perryman, who is standing on a piece of ice in McMurdo Sound. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center are studying the whales to determine if there are three separate species of Antarctic killer whales. The Antarctic Conservation Act (Public Law 95-541) formalizes U.S. adherence to all Antarctic Treaty conservation rules. Participants must obtain a permit to go into specially protected areas