13-Feb Mount Melbourne and Tera Nova Bay
On our port side Mt Melbourne 2733m stands out magnificently above Tera Nova Bay and Cape Washington. The mountain is conical and the most prominent mountain in the neighborhood. It is one of the very few volcanoes on Antarctica itself, (most other are on islands) and was named by Ross after the British prime minister in 1830 -40
Terra Nova bay – between Cape Washington and the Dryglaski Glacier. Named after Ross’s relief ship. A collection of blue and orange buildings here is Italy’s base, the Mario Zucchelli research station
The mountain range is called the Tran Antarctic mountains and tracks all the way from Cape Adare right to the Weddell Sea on the other side. It divides Antarctic into West and East Antarctica and is one of the longest mountain ranges in the world. This mountain range acts like dam and holds back the east Antarctic ice shelf.
A magnificent blue iceberg drifts past us while we are on station. Most icebergs are whitish because of their snow and bubble-filled ice. However, some ice can appear bright blue and different shades of green. This is because dense bubble-free ice absorbs only a small proportion of red light from the light spectrum entering it so appears blue. Some icebergs even appear to be layers of liqorire strips with white icing between. These are caused by moraine debris that the galcier has picked up on its way down the glacial path.
Toothfish today was raw with wasabi. And for dinner ‘Toothfish Ala Fencepost’ - smoked in wood shavings that Lindsay had specially shaved off using the lathe from an old fence post he had found in the workshop.
Terra Nova bay – between Cape Washington and the Dryglaski Glacier. Named after Ross’s relief ship. A collection of blue and orange buildings here is Italy’s base, the Mario Zucchelli research station
The mountain range is called the Tran Antarctic mountains and tracks all the way from Cape Adare right to the Weddell Sea on the other side. It divides Antarctic into West and East Antarctica and is one of the longest mountain ranges in the world. This mountain range acts like dam and holds back the east Antarctic ice shelf.
A magnificent blue iceberg drifts past us while we are on station. Most icebergs are whitish because of their snow and bubble-filled ice. However, some ice can appear bright blue and different shades of green. This is because dense bubble-free ice absorbs only a small proportion of red light from the light spectrum entering it so appears blue. Some icebergs even appear to be layers of liqorire strips with white icing between. These are caused by moraine debris that the galcier has picked up on its way down the glacial path.
Toothfish today was raw with wasabi. And for dinner ‘Toothfish Ala Fencepost’ - smoked in wood shavings that Lindsay had specially shaved off using the lathe from an old fence post he had found in the workshop.
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