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Under Ice with Ctenophores
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©Copyright P. Ward - picture taken 1985 / 86
Those vague long balloon shaped objects are Ctenophores - related to jellyfish, they have longitudinal lines of cilia that cause fabulous rainbow interference patterns as long as you are in the right position in relation to the light. If you're not, they just look like plastic bags as in this picture. In the winter, shoals of many hundreds or thousands would sometimes drift by. The dark patch against the ice is accumulated air while the doughnut shape is an air bubble hitting the ice.
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| This picture is one of a collection assembled in
2007 on the 60th anniversary of Signy Island Base: 60°43'S 045°36'W.
Thank you to those who sent their treasured memories of their time in
Antarctica and allowed them to be made into a commemorative cd and then
placed here on the web. The reunion weekend was
14-16 September 2007. |
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