Antarctica -- October-November 2010

Deception Island. South Shetlands. Off Antarctic Pennisula.

Same day as the blizzard earlier. It had cleared up somewhat by afternoon when we moved to the other landing on Deception Island. There is sunshine off in the distance.

My memory is that a glacier flowing down from inner wall had formed sort of a cove (Telfon Bay). I had climbed up and was standing on top of the glacier. The surface of the glacier is black because of repeated ashfalls from volcanic activity (although, clearly, the eruptions in recent decades have been much smaller than the ones that created the island (and later partially destroyed it).

The gap in the mountains in the distance is Neptune's Bellows, where we entered the flooded caldera.

The actual bay was behind (and below) the point where I was standing to take this photo.

(26 Nov 2010)