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Wind blowing over Ross Ice Shelf.

Wind blowing over Ross Ice Shelf.
Wind blowing over Ross Ice Shelf.
Wind blowing over Ross Ice Shelf.
Wind blowing over Ross Ice Shelf.
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Linder, Christopher L.
Wind blowing over Ross Ice Shelf.
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12/21/2007
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Winds at Cape Crozier tend to stream down the slopes from Mount Terror, Mount Erebus's neighbor to the east. The two volcanoes got their fearsome names from Captain James Clark Ross, who discovered the Ross Sea and McMurdo Sound in the eighteenth century. The names - especially Terror - sound just right for ice-covered volcanoes on an island at the end of the world. As it turns out, they were named for Ross's two ships, which he had named after his dogs back home in England (no word on what kind of dogs, but I imagine mastiffs). Here, we're looking at the Ross Ice Shelf where it collides with Cape Crozier. The clean white lines, smooth water, and bright sunshine look tranquil until you notice the plumes of snow being whipped out to sea on the wind. In the distance, the furrowed reaches of the ice shelf quickly vanish into a white storm.
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Winds in Cape Crozier, Antarctica, tend to stream down the slopes from Mount Terror. The volcano got its name from Captain James Clark Ross, who discovered the Ross Sea and McMurdo Sound in the eighteenth century. Where the Ross Ice Shelf collides with Cape Crozier (in this photo) the clean white lines, smooth water, and bright sunshine look tranquil. That's until you notice the plumes of snow being whipped out to sea on the wind. In the distance, the furrowed reaches of the ice shelf quickly vanish into a white storm.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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