Thursday, October 11, 2007

Terascan Photo of Ross Sea

This terascan was done recently. It's a great because 1) it's clear and 2) you can see the ice edge, a major concern here at McMurdo! It can be a little confusing for the untrained eye so I'll try to explain to you where I am and where the ice is.

There is an island (Ross Island) outlined in blue just above the 78th degree. McMurdo is actually at the very bottom point of the island. The white all around the bottom half of the island is the permanent ice shelf and the retreating sea ice. The dark gray-ish black is water or very thin ice. It's not too far from town this year, and emperors have already been spotted near Cape Evans. Hopefully we'll get more penguin sightings this season!!

picture of the ice today

Posted by Katie from the Ice @ 1:37 PM