{"id":9228,"date":"2014-12-22T21:42:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T02:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=9228"},"modified":"2014-12-22T21:42:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T02:42:50","slug":"one-year-ago-today-into-the-icy-weddell-sea-and-antarctic-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2014\/12\/one-year-ago-today-into-the-icy-weddell-sea-and-antarctic-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"One year ago today: Into the icy Weddell Sea and Antarctic Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/anneicon.jpg\" width=\"49\" height=\"50\" alt=\"A post by Anne Jefferson\"\/><\/span><span style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/chrisicon2.jpg\" width=\"49\" height=\"50\" alt=\"A post by Chris Rowan\"\/><\/span> One year ago today was a day of icy splendor, with plenty of penguins too. We&#8217;ve already shown you some of our photos from this portion of the trip, in our explainer on <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2014\/01\/antarctica-field-log-ice-in-a-multitude-of-forms\/\">ice in a multitude of forms<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a bit more of what we experienced on 22nd December 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Lightly edited from Anne&#8217;s shipboard journal:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got up at 5 am to see the Weddell Sea. The ship had traveled overnight down the length of the Antarctic Sound, known as \u201cIceberg Alley\u201d, and was going to nose into the ice-choked Weddell Sea while rounding the volcanic Rosamel Island* before traveling back up the Antarctic Sound to a stop on Joinville Island.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9230\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Antarctic-Map-22-December.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9230\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Antarctic-Map-22-December-600x424.jpg\" alt=\"The ship&#039;s map of our voyage along the Antarctic Peninsula and surrounding islands. The blue box near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula indicates where we were on 22 December. Click for a larger version.\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Antarctic-Map-22-December-600x424.jpg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Antarctic-Map-22-December-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Antarctic-Map-22-December-900x636.jpg 900w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Antarctic-Map-22-December.jpg 1754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ship&#8217;s map of our voyage along the Antarctic Peninsula and surrounding islands. The blue box near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula indicates where we were on 22 December. Click for a larger version.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At 5 am, the light was amazing and the sea was dead calm and glassy. I didn\u2019t know seas could be that calm. We could see the ripples out from penguins which were \u201cporpoising\u201d and occasionally jumping off ice floes. As far as the Weddell Sea, you couldn\u2019t so much see it as sense its vast iciness and think back to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swedish_Antarctic_Expedition\">Nordenskj\u00f6ld, Larsen and the crew of the Antarctic getting stuck and overwintering near here a century ago<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9232\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0918-Weddell-Sea-600.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9232\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0918-Weddell-Sea-600.jpeg\" alt=\"Tabular iceberg in the Weddell Sea, 22 December 2013. Photo by A. Jefferson\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0918-Weddell-Sea-600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0918-Weddell-Sea-600-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tabular iceberg in the Weddell Sea, 22 December 2013. Photo by A. Jefferson<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9233\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0921-Weddell-Sea-600.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9233\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0921-Weddell-Sea-600.jpeg\" alt=\"Icy scene in the Weddell Sea, 22 December 2013, photo by A. Jefferson.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0921-Weddell-Sea-600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0921-Weddell-Sea-600-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Icy scene in the Weddell Sea, 22 December 2013, photo by A. Jefferson.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Penguins porpoising in the Weddell Sea\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b_eJJEx2mns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9235\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1009-Antarctic-Sound-600.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9235\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1009-Antarctic-Sound-600.jpeg\" alt=\"Antarctic Sound, 22 December 2013, photo by A. Jefferson\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1009-Antarctic-Sound-600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1009-Antarctic-Sound-600-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antarctic Sound, 22 December 2013, photo by A. Jefferson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Later there was a landing on Joinville Island and Chris went ashore. Here&#8217;s what he had to say in his shipboard journal: &#8220;After cruising back along the glassy Antarctic Sound, our morning stop was at the Madder Cliffs in Kinnes Cove [of Joinville Island]. I was in one of the earlier zodiacs, was turned out to be a good thing as right after I landed, the expedition staff decided it was too risky in the heavy swell to land any more zodiacs. The landing was advertised as a place you could watch the Adelie penguins &#8220;commute&#8221; from their rookeries higher up the cliffs from the shore, but most of the action was at the shore itself. At least one of the Adelie penguins at one of the lower rookeries had a chick, and I got some great pictures of a queue of feeding Adelies hurling themselves off a rocky promontory one by one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9244\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2014\/12\/one-year-ago-today-into-the-icy-weddell-sea-and-antarctic-sound\/p1010308\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9244\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9244\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010308-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Penguins at Kinnes Cove\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010308-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010308-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010308-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010308.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Penguins at Kinnes Cove, overlooking Antarctic Sound. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9247\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2014\/12\/one-year-ago-today-into-the-icy-weddell-sea-and-antarctic-sound\/p1010372\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9247\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9247\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010372-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Adele Penguins at Kinnes Cove,\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010372-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010372-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010372-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010372.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adele Penguins at Kinnes Cove, Antarctica. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9246\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2014\/12\/one-year-ago-today-into-the-icy-weddell-sea-and-antarctic-sound\/p1010369\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9246\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9246\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010369-600x326.jpg\" alt=\"Nesting Penguins at Kinnes Cove,\" width=\"600\" height=\"326\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010369-600x326.jpg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010369-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010369-900x489.jpg 900w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010369.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nesting Penguins at Kinnes Cove, Antarctica. Bare rock close to the shore is prime real estate. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9245\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2014\/12\/one-year-ago-today-into-the-icy-weddell-sea-and-antarctic-sound\/p1010319\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9245\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9245\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010319-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"An Adele Penguin guards her chick\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010319-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010319-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010319-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010319.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Adele Penguin guards her chick, Kinnes Cove, Antarctica. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It turned out that this was also our first look at the third of the three penguin species we saw on our trip: the orange-beaked Gentoos. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9248\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2014\/12\/one-year-ago-today-into-the-icy-weddell-sea-and-antarctic-sound\/p1010414\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9248\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9248\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010414-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Nesting Gentoo penguins, Kinnes Cove\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010414-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010414-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010414-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010414.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nesting Gentoo penguins, Kinnes Cove, Antarctica. You can see a glimpse of an egg in the topmost nest. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the Adeles on their feeding commute:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Penguins Go Swimming\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/amsLg0IvvrI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Returning to Anne&#8217;s journal:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe landing sounded a bit tricky, so GeoKid and I opted to take only a zodiac tour instead. But the zodiac ride was amazing. GeoKid got to sit at the front as we zipped among the bergy bits, watched penguins hop from the rocks into the water, and saw a penguin \u201cbirthday party\u201d (i.e., lots of penguins on a flat bock of ice).  We also saw a floe with a seal resting on it and saw a penguin leap right up onto the ice next to it. Then the Weddell seal stretched, flexed, and posed for a photo. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9236\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1116-penguin-party-600.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9236\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1116-penguin-party-600.jpeg\" alt=\"What GeoKid called a &quot;penguin party&quot; near Joinville Island, 22 December 2013. Photo by  A. Jefferson\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1116-penguin-party-600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1116-penguin-party-600-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What GeoKid called a &#8220;penguin party&#8221; near Joinville Island, 22 December 2013. Photo by  A. Jefferson<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9237\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1131-seal-pick-me-600.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9237\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1131-seal-pick-me-600.jpeg\" alt=\"A Weddell seal shows off near Joinville Island, 22 December 2013. Photo by A. Jefferson.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1131-seal-pick-me-600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1131-seal-pick-me-600-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Weddell seal shows off near Joinville Island, 22 December 2013. Photo by A. Jefferson.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After lunch, we looked out on deck at some very large icebergs and caught a distant view of Argentina\u2019s Esperanza station at Hope Bay. Chris wrote &#8220;The early afternoon cruise toward Bransfield Strait involved a cruise past one of several large tabular icebergs in the vicinity. It was a nice exercise in being made to feel small, as the tabular berg in question was a good half kilometer wide and long, and its steep icy sides projected a good 40-50 m above our little ship. There was also a small mass wasting event on the side we buzzed, which I managed to accidentally catch on video. I only realized it had happened when I saw the splash of icy fragments expanding away from the cliffs.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9250\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2014\/12\/one-year-ago-today-into-the-icy-weddell-sea-and-antarctic-sound\/img_1060\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9250\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1060-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Cruising around a tabular iceberg in Antarctic Sound.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1060-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1060-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1060-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1060.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cruising around a tabular iceberg in Antarctic Sound, also known as &#8216;Iceberg Alley&#8217; for some reason. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9251\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2014\/12\/one-year-ago-today-into-the-icy-weddell-sea-and-antarctic-sound\/p1010459\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9251\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9251\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010459-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Our ship was rather dwarfed by the enormous size of these things.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010459-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010459-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010459-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010459.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our ship was rather dwarfed by the enormous size of these things. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9252\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2014\/12\/one-year-ago-today-into-the-icy-weddell-sea-and-antarctic-sound\/p1010479\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9252\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9252\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010479-600x370.jpg\" alt=\"Two tabular icebergs, sitting in a row...\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010479-600x370.jpg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010479-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010479-900x555.jpg 900w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1010479.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two tabular icebergs, sitting in a row&#8230; Photo: Chris Rowan, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A cruise round a tabular iceberg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B7w7tWER-r0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>*More on Rosamel Island: Rosamel Island is part of the James Ross Island volcanic group (1-5 Ma), which \u201cprobably represent[s] the eroded remnants of an extensive basaltic plateau which was essentially confined to the south-eastern side of the Trinity Peninsula and the offlying islands.\u201d The group is largely absent from the Antarctic Peninsula mainland, suggesting a strong structural control on the distribution of volcanism. Rosamel Island appears to be comprised of \u201cyellow tuff\u201d, including \u201cprimary pyroclastic material with palagonite, some also containing dark subaerial bombs and scoria, and a variety of redistributed facies showing current bedding and wash-out structures (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.antarctica.ac.uk\/documents\/bas_bulletins\/bulletin32_12.pdf\">Baker et al., 1973, British Antarctic Survey Bulletin<\/a>).\u201d  <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9234\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0875-rosamel-600.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9234\" src=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0875-rosamel-600.jpeg\" alt=\"Rosamel Island, viewed from Antarctic Sound. Photo by A. Jefferson.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0875-rosamel-600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0875-rosamel-600-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosamel Island, viewed from Antarctic Sound. Photo by A. Jefferson.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One year ago today was a day of icy splendor, with plenty of penguins too. We&#8217;ve already shown you some of our photos from this portion of the trip, in our explainer on ice in a multitude of forms. 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