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Cape Royds

56 images Created 11 Nov 2016

Cape Royds, site of Shackleton's Nimrod expedition hut, and the nearby Adelie penguin colony. .

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  • Erebus Ice Tongue, an extension of the Erebus Glacier, extending out into McMurdo Sound, photographed on flight to Cape Royds.
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  • Big Razorback Island
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  • Inaccessible island and McMurdo Sound, with open water approaching as the sea ice breaks up.
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  • Cape Evans, along the shore on the right side you may just make out Scott's Terra Nova expedition hut.
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  • Barne Glacier
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  • Antique pick stuck a debris cone near Cape Royds, seen in the distance.
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  • This pick may have been stuck here since the 1910's. Or maybe not, some say it's been placed here more recently. Who can tell?
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  • Arriving at Cape Royds Camp. A small setup for two field biologists to study the nearby Adelie Penguin colony. The further tent is a Polar Haven used as a kitchen and social area, powered 100% by solar power. As simple at this staion looks, it was wired for technology. Jean Pennycook, one of the researchers at the camp, was giving live lessons to classrooms around the US from the penguin colony using an ipad and a wireless network set up near the colony.
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  • Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds, Antarctica. From this hut Shackleton trekked to within 90 miles of the South Pole, before being turned back by lack of food. A round trip trek of about 1,500 miles that made his name as a polar explorer.
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  • Hut with Mount Erebus volcano
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  • Shackleton's Cape Royds "Nimrod" hut, with the Adelie Penguin colony
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  • Cape Royds hut, this side was where the pony stable was located. supply cases, fodder and dog huts can be seen. The hill behind is the Adelie penguin colony. The yellow color on the hillside? That's not dirt.
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  • Shackleton's hut interior
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  • Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds, Antarctica
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  • Portrait of Queen Alexandra & King Edward VII
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  • Shackleton's signature on a packing crate box
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  • Frank Wild was Shackleton's 2nd for the Nimrod expedition, trekking to within 90 nautical miles of the South Pole with Shackleton before turning back.
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  • Shackleton's coal burning stove
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  • Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds, Antarctica
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  • Murry's Lab
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  • Irish Brawn?
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  • Darkroom, Shackleton's Cape Royds hut
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  • Heroic era refuse pile
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  • Pony tack in what was Mawson's Laboratory, Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds
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  • Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds, Antarctica
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  • Shackleton's privy, now frequented by penguins
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  • Adelie penguin at Shackleton's Hut
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  • Adelie Penguin, Cape Royds, Antarctica
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  • Adelie Penguin colony on Cape Royds
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  • Adelie penguin tracks in sand
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  • Adelie Penguins, the wood pieces on the ground are the remains of crates of stores that were unloaded from the Nimrod at this location.
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  • Adelie Penguin with egg
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  • Gathering stones for a nest (which usually means stealing stones from a neighbor)
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  • The wealthiest penguin in the colony
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  • Nesting Adelie Penguins
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  • Adelie penguins
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  • Adelie penguins making the trek from the ocean to the colony.
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  • Cape Royds Adelie colony
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  • Flagstaff Hill and penguin colony, Cape Royds, with supply crates. Cape Royds was hit with a massive storm shortly after Shackleton arrived, burying many of the supply crates so deep in snow and ice that some were never recovered during the expedition.
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  • Flagstaff Point, Cape Royds
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  • McMurdo Sound ice breakup
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  • McMurdo Sound ice breakup
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  • Moon like landscape of Cape Royds kenyte
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  • Shackleton era objects.
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  • Skua, a large and very aggressive bird that preys on the penguin colony. This guy dive bombed me when I inadvertently walked too close their nest. Trust me, you do not want to get pecked with that beak.
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  • Polar Haven galley and social area.
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  • My home for three nights on Cape Royds.
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