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©Crown Copyright - expired, photograph - Tritton, A.G. - picture taken 1953
Millions of tons of pressure caused by currents and wind miles and miles away causes ice to push against itself and result in these pressure ridges where the ice has no-where else to go and so goes upwards.
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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. My commentary is taken from notes I was sent with the pictures if any. Corrections or additions, please The reunion weekend was 14-16 September 2007. |
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