the Ross Sea 197 photos

An aerial view along a vertical ice cliff that runs flat to the horizon, with an expedition cruise ship small on the dark water beside it, likely Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

92Ross Ice Shelf medium

Continuous vertical ice cliff to the horizon with the ship for scale; hero grade · from GPS

An aerial view of an expedition cruise ship working through brash ice beside a long ice front, with tabular icebergs and low mist beyond, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

91Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Drone wide with warm light, mist and tabular bergs; ship gives the ice front scale

Sunbeams break through a heavy cloud bank onto a large iceberg standing alone on a dark sea, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

91Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Crepuscular light on a lone berg; the strongest weather frame in the batch · from GPS

A line of Adelie penguins stands on a snow-dusted beach while MS The World lies at anchor close inshore below glaciated mountains, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

90Cape Adare high

Bow name THE WORLD is the vessel, not a place; ship, penguins and peaks together

A dozen sea kayaks spread across a dark sheltered bay below a snow slope while the ship lies offshore and a mountain range stands on the horizon, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

90Cape Royds high

Kayaks, ship and far range in one elevated frame; big scale, clean composition · from GPS

An expedition cruise ship steams along the edge of a flat ice sheet that runs unbroken to the horizon, dark open water on one side and white ice on the other, likely Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

90Ross Ice Shelf medium

Ship tiny against an ice edge to the horizon; strong scale juxtaposition · from GPS

An aerial view of a long ice shelf edge where a channel of black water cuts between two flat white ice plains running to the horizon, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

90Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Graphic aerial of a flat ice front; the shape is the whole picture · from GPS

An aerial view of an expedition cruise ship lying against the broken edge of a vast flat ice plain, with floes calving off along the line, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

90Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Clean drone wide, ship at full length, ice edge running to the horizon · from GPS

A huge twin-towered iceberg catches side light beneath towering cumulus, its tabular apron running out across the water, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

90Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Best light and cloud on the twin-tower berg; brochure opener quality

Window light falls across a preserved hut interior with a cast iron range and blackened pots, a canvas bunk, and shelves of tins and bottles on the timber walls, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

89Cape Royds high

Best-lit interior of the batch; stove lettering is a brand, not a place · from GPS

A tabular iceberg with sheer square-cut walls stands brilliantly lit against a near-black sky over dark sea, likely Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

89Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf medium

Strong tonal separation, clean geometry, classic tabular berg of the far south · from GPS

An aerial view of three zodiacs in a pool of dark water enclosed by the curving edge of an ice shelf, with penguins on the snow above, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

89Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Aerial with green underwater ice ledge and boats for scale; strongest of this sequence · from GPS

An expedition cruise ship noses its bow into fast ice with stacked zodiacs on the foredeck and icebergs frozen into the plain beyond, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

89Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Shows the ship working ice with its tender fleet; bow name is the vessel · from GPS

An overhead aerial of MS The World's bow, rows of zodiacs stowed on the foredeck, pushing into the edge of the fast ice, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

89Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Top-down bow and zodiac rows against the ice edge; strong graphic scale · from GPS

A twin-towered iceberg under piled cumulus, one block square-cut and the other a leaning column, joined by a low ice apron, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

89Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Two towers separated cleanly against cloud; the most graphic angle of this berg

A top-down aerial shows MS The World steaming between scattered white floes on deep blue water, likely Ross Sea, on passage, the Ross Sea.

88Ross Sea, on passage medium

Graphic straight-down composition, whole vessel in frame, rich contrast · from GPS

An aerial view of a low gravel spit holding a preserved timber hut, a store shed and a meltwater pond, with thousands of Adelie penguins spread across the bare ground, likely Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

88Cape Adare medium

Historic huts inside a very large Adelie colony on a flat spit fits Cape Adare

The interior of a preserved expedition hut, with a cast iron stove and flue at the centre, bunks under canvas, and shelves of tins, bottles and stencilled provision crates along the timber walls, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

88Cape Royds high

Single-room hut with original contents; which hut is not readable from pixels · from GPS

A top-down aerial shows a zodiac holding position at the edge of a large white floe where a seal lies hauled out, the submerged ice glowing turquoise, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

88Cape Royds high

Graphic straight-down frame, boat gives scale to the floe and the seal · from GPS

MS The World lies at anchor off a black shore with a long ice cliff running behind her, kayakers and a zodiac working the bay and a large timber hut standing above the landing beach, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

88Cape Evans high

THE WORLD is the vessel name; ship, hut, kayaks and ice cliff together · from GPS

A long plank mess table with a lantern on it runs down the middle of a large preserved hut, bunks and a stove flue behind it under the timber roof, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

88Cape Evans high

Bigger hut than the stove-room interior; deep receding table, rich detail · from GPS

A single Adelie penguin stands on flat sea ice with a tabular iceberg in the pale haze behind it, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

88Cape Evans high

White eye ring and all-black head confirm Adelie; clean minimal high-key frame · from GPS

A crew member drives an empty zodiac past the towering bow of an expedition cruise ship through brash ice, with an ice cliff faint in the haze beyond, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

88Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

One figure against a huge hull and distant ice cliff; scale juxtaposition Carson favours · from GPS

Three zodiacs of passengers hold position on turquoise-fringed water below a low ice cliff, with emperor penguins standing on the snow plain above them, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

88Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

High angle, boats small under the ice edge, penguins above; whole story in one frame · from GPS

Four emperor penguins stand on the edge of a floe, one lying flat among them, with a tall blue iceberg behind and a smaller berg on the horizon, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

88Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Animals in a full scene with the berg for scale; the layered look Carson prefers · from GPS

An aerial view of an expedition cruise ship far off along a curving ice edge, dark water filling half the frame and white ice the other, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

88Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Ship reduced to a speck against the ice edge; the scale contrast carries it · from GPS

Kayakers and two zodiacs work along the edge of a flat ice floe with penguins standing on it, a weathered iceberg beyond, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

88Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Aerial scale, small craft against a big floe, penguins add the place · from GPS

A single penguin stands on the rounded snow cap of an ice floe above a turquoise submerged shelf, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

88Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Animal small in a big clean scene, Carson's scale pick; species not resolvable · from GPS

A top-down aerial of a large expedition cruise ship's upper decks, pool and sports court visible, moored against the edge of the fast ice, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

88Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Clean overhead of the whole vessel against ice; deck detail unusually legible

Rays break under a dark cloud bank and light the sea around a distant tabular iceberg, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

88Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Moody light and a tiny berg for scale; the best of the ray frames · from GPS

Two tabular icebergs in line, the near one showing a blue fluted wall and a clean snow-covered top, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

88Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Textbook tabular pair, blue ice wall lit side on; sharp and rich

A large dark seabird glides past a tilted tabular iceberg while a second bird skims the swell below, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

88Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Bird in flight plus berg is animal in a scene; silhouette blocks species ID

A large seabird with a pale head glides above two icebergs on a deep blue sea, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

88Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Wings fully spread and sharp; pale head visible but species not certain

The twin-towered iceberg from side on, sunlight glittering off the swell in front of it, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

88Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Cleanest profile of the berg with a lit sea; a close second to its sibling

An albatross glides on stiff wings above a long tabular iceberg with a wave-cut arch at its base, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

88Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Bird and berg both clean; long narrow wings and hooked bill read albatross

A snow-streaked dark cliff drops straight into the sea with small bergs on golden water under a low sun, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

87Cape Adare high

Warm low light on a black snow-capped headland; no distinctive profile to name · from GPS

The ship's bow runs along a sharp ice edge where open water meets unbroken pack ice under low fog.

87Terra Nova Bay ice edge low

Diagonal ice edge splits the frame; bow gives scale without dominating

A wide view inside a preserved hut shows the cast iron range and flue, a bunk under furs, and shelves of labelled tins and bottles along the timber walls, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

87Cape Royds high

Same hut and stove as the other interior, wider angle showing the bunk · from GPS

Two paddlers in a tandem kayak pass beneath a black rock headland hung with snow cornices and long icicles, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

87Cape Royds high

Textbook scale juxtaposition, kayak tiny under the ice-hung cliff · from GPS

A zodiac carrying four passengers runs along the foot of a tall tabular ice wall streaked with a vein of blue meltwater ice, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

87Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Small boat dwarfed by a sculpted ice wall; blue vein gives the face depth · from GPS

An emperor penguin stands in near whiteout, its head and shoulders the only dark shapes in an otherwise white frame, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

87Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Minimal high-key composition, emperor confirmed by yellow neck wash and ear patch · from GPS

Two double kayaks paddle past a low floe where a line of emperor penguins stands, with a flat ice front on the horizon behind, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

87Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Kayaks small in a wide ice scene with penguins; scale and story in one frame · from GPS

An Antarctic petrel banks low over choppy water in front of the undercut face of a blue iceberg, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

87Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Chocolate hood with broad white wing panels and white belly is diagnostic Antarctic petrel · from GPS

A vertical aerial directly above the bow of an expedition cruise ship, with stowed zodiacs on the foredeck, snow falling and a broken ice edge crossing the black water, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

87Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Top-down graphic frame with falling snow; unusual angle on the vessel · from GPS

A sunlit tabular iceberg glows against a dark storm sky over deep blue water, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

87Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

High contrast spotlit berg against near black cloud; minimal and strong · from GPS

A long tabular iceberg wall filling the frame, deep blue caverns and vertical fracture lines running down to the waterline, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

87Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Wall to wall ice face; no ends visible so called a berg, not the shelf · from GPS

An aerial of MS The World anchored off a glaciated coast, a broad glacier front behind and a small yellow craft crossing the brash ice in the foreground, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

87Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Ship against a long glacier front with brash swirls leading in; strong scale · from GPS

Three zodiacs raft together during a cruise, guests in red parkas holding hot drinks from a flask, a glacier and snow-covered slopes behind, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

87Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Guest experience frame, hot drinks and rafted boats under a glacier · from GPS

An aerial across a heavily crevassed ice cap sloping to the sea, MS The World lying small in open water beyond, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

87Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Crevasse field fills two thirds, ship tiny; the scale pick Carson favours · from GPS

A massive iceberg with two tower-like blocks and a low tabular apron stands in a heavy swell, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

87Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Distinctive twin-tower berg shot in rough sea; flatter light than its siblings

A large seabird banks over a dark swell with a tabular iceberg and an ice pinnacle behind under stormy cloud, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

87Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Bird placed high left against dark cloud with ice below; strong separation

A large iceberg of stacked blue-white blocks and a squared tower fills the frame above a running swell, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

87Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Tightest framing on this berg, good side light in the blue ice

Two albatross bank together against a plain grey sky, brown mottled bodies and pale faces showing, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

87Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Sharp pair in flight; brown body and pale face fit a young bird, species open

An iceberg with a tall fin and a wave-cut arch through its middle stands on a wind-driven sea, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

87Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

The arch and fin make this the most sculptural berg in the run

MS The World sits alone in a wide field of scattered ice floes under flat grey light, seen from the air, likely Ross Sea, on passage, the Ross Sea.

86Ross Sea, on passage medium

Strong scale juxtaposition, ship small in open pack; no landform to place it · from GPS

An Adelie penguin chick in moult stands on a rock ledge in front of a weathered timber expedition hut with penguins gathered along its wall, likely Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

86Cape Adare medium

Same hut and colony as the aerial; animal plus historic structure in one frame

An aerial view of MS The World lying at anchor in calm water off a low snow-covered coast under heavy cloud, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

86Cape Royds high

Whole vessel clean in frame with room around it; coast too generic to name · from GPS

An aerial view of a preserved timber expedition hut on black volcanic gravel above a snow-covered shore, with a stacked crate wall, skis leaning against the wall and a lean-to annex along one side, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

86Cape Evans high

Large historic hut with annex; site not nameable from pixels, GPS should place it · from GPS

An emperor penguin stands on a pan of sea ice among scattered floes, with a long ice cliff behind on the horizon, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

86Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Animal in a scene with the ice front behind; wide and clean, Carson's preferred read · from GPS

An emperor penguin stands near the edge of a thick pan of sea ice above dark water, with a blue iceberg wall behind, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

86Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Layered ice edge, water and berg with one bird for scale; strong quiet frame · from GPS

An expedition cruise ship lies off the ice edge beyond a sculpted iceberg with a bright green shelf under the surface, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

86Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Foreground berg gives depth to the ship at the ice edge · from GPS

An aerial of MS The World threading loose pack ice, floes scattered to the horizon under a bright overcast, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

86Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Ship small in a wide field of floes, strong sense of remoteness · from GPS

The sheer flank of a large tabular iceberg, meltwater channels and a wave-cut notch at the waterline, more tabular ice on the horizon, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

86Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Big tabular berg fills the frame; sculpted wall reads well full bleed · from GPS

Swell breaks white along the foot of a tabular iceberg with a tall dark cleft split into its face, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

86Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Surf at the ice foot gives scale; the cleft is the graphic hook · from GPS

A photographer with a long telephoto lens works in silhouette against a low sun over the sea, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

86Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Clean rim-lit silhouette, warm sky; sells the shooting-from-deck moment

An aerial looking down a broken glacier snout to the sea, MS The World at anchor beyond an offshore reef, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

86Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Same setup as its sibling, ice foreground and ship small on flat water · from GPS

A tight view of the twin-towered iceberg, its square block and leaning column rising over a long snow ramp above a running sea, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

86Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Closest crop of this berg; dark shapes on the ramp too small to call

A large flat-topped iceberg with a sheared blue face floats in calm water under a pastel sunset sky, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

85Cape Adare high

Soft warm light, whole berg in frame with breathing room, strong texture · from GPS

An Adelie penguin stands on snow with flippers held out, its colony and a glaciated range behind, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

85Cape Adare high

White eye ring and all-black head confirm Adelie; clean subject with environment · from GPS

A snow dome rises above a rust-brown coastal plain where a line of visitors walks between a penguin colony and a zodiac waiting offshore, likely Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

85Cape Adare medium

Strong scale, people tiny under the dome; same spit as the hut aerials

An aerial view of MS The World at anchor in a bay formed by a dark snow-patched volcanic headland, open sea running to the horizon, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

85Cape Royds high

Ship tiny against a big dark coast; strong scale, coastline not identifiable · from GPS

An aerial view of a large timber hut standing alone on a black gravel point between snowfields and dark water, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

85Cape Evans high

Whole hut and its setting in one frame; nothing in view names the cape · from GPS

An elevated view across a frozen sound to two small rocky islands, with a long mountain range on the far horizon and an expedition cruise ship anchored off a snow-covered point, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

85Cape Evans high

Two dark islets offshore and a distant range across the sound; neither is nameable · from GPS

An emperor penguin stands alone on rafted sea ice in low sunlight, with a lead of open water and floes behind it, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

85Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Bright orange ear patch and yellow neck wash confirm emperor; clean sea-ice setting · from GPS

Two zodiacs sit small on grey water beside the wind-carved flank of a large iceberg, with a low ice front on the far horizon, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

85Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Boats tiny against sculpted ice; the scale contrast is the picture · from GPS

Two emperor penguins rest on flat snow, one lying flat on its belly facing the camera and the other raising its head beside it, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

85Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Two clean shapes with behaviour and space around them; light snow falling · from GPS

An emperor penguin walks across flat sea ice in falling snow, with a pale iceberg soft in the background, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

85Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Falling snow, clean separation, whole bird with breathing room around it · from GPS

An aerial view of a fast ice edge breaking into angular floes where the white plain meets black open water, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

85Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Graphic black and white split with cracked floes; abstract but genuinely striking · from GPS

An iceberg lies alongside flat sea ice with its submerged shelf glowing green through the water, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

85Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Green underwater ledge against dark water; unusual colour and a clean shape · from GPS

A panoramic aerial of MS The World alone among scattered floes under a high blue sky, penguins visible on one of the floes, likely Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

85Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land medium

Panorama, ship tiny in a vast icescape, the scale juxtaposition Carson picks · from GPS

Deep blue caves and arches cut into the flank of an iceberg above a choppy sea, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

85Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Saturated blue melt caves carry the frame against plain grey sky

Spray blows off the back of an iceberg in a rough sea, a tabular berg standing in the mist behind, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

85Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Wind and spray give the frame weather and motion, rare in this run · from GPS

An aerial of a glacier front ending in an ice cliff above dark volcanic rock, surf breaking over reefs below, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

85Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Ice cap meeting black volcanic coast; distinctive but not identifiable · from GPS

An aerial of a dark red volcanic ridge running out to sea under a cap of drifted snow, icebergs standing offshore, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

85Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Oxidised red scoria ridge is distinctive; no feature I can name from pixels · from GPS

The twin-towered iceberg seen across a running swell in hazy backlight, smaller bergs strung out beyond it, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

85Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Foreground swell carries the frame; berg smaller and hazier here

Swell explodes white against the foot of a towering iceberg wall, a smaller berg standing in the spray-hazed distance, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

85Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Backlit spray at the ice foot gives real scale and weather

A great albatross banks low over dark Southern Ocean swell on long stiff wings, Campbell and Auckland Islands, the Ross Sea.

84Campbell and Auckland Islands high

White body, dark mottled upperwing, pink bill; royal vs wandering not separable here · from GPS

Low sun rakes across a heavily glaciated coastal mountain range with a dark cloud band caught on the ridgeline, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

84Cape Adare high

Layered light on a big continental range; no single peak identifiable · from GPS

An emperor penguin in juvenile plumage stands alone among snow-covered ice hummocks, Terra Nova Bay ice edge, the Ross Sea.

84Terra Nova Bay ice edge high

Pale yellow neck wash and whitish ear patch read juvenile emperor, not Adelie · from GPS

A large expedition cruise ship lies at anchor in dark water below a broad snow-covered volcanic mountain and a low coastal ice cliff, under a pale evening sky, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

84Cape Evans high

Broad snow volcano above low ice cliff; no plume or landmark to name the peak · from GPS

An emperor penguin stands on a broken floe among rafted sea ice, with a flat ice front running across the background, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

84Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Emperor confirmed by orange ear patch; animal set in a wide ice environment · from GPS

A kayaker lifts a paddle overhead in a red and yellow sea kayak while emperor penguins stand along the floe edge behind, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

84Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Posed celebration; strong colour against ice but the gesture reads as a snapshot · from GPS

A group of emperor penguins stands on the top of a thick floe shot through with blue ice, under a dark grey sky, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

84Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Dark sky separates the white ice; birds sit cleanly along the floe top

A capsized iceberg shows its polished deep blue underside above choppy water, with fractured white ice behind, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

84Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Smooth rolled blue ice against broken white; unusual colour and texture · from GPS

An Adelie penguin stands with both flippers spread on a low pan of sea ice in soft flat light, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

84Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

White eye ring and small black head confirm Adelie; pale minimal frame with room · from GPS

A zodiac of passengers in orange jackets runs past a pair of blue-veined icebergs while seabirds pass overhead, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

84Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Colour of the jackets against blue ice; boat number is a marking not a place · from GPS

Two emperor penguins lie on their bellies on flat sea ice, one facing the other, with snow settling on their backs, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

84Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Behaviour and symmetry in a very clean white field; both birds whole in frame · from GPS

A large white expedition cruise ship passes behind a grounded iceberg whose submerged shelf glows green through the water, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

84Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Green underwater ice shelf leads to the ship; clean flat light · from GPS

MS The World lies alongside a broad rubble-topped ice floe in open water, cloud shadow moving across the ice behind, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

84Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Ship and floe balanced, big sky; slightly flat compared to its siblings

Three guests in expedition jackets watch the ice from the ship's open deck, one glassing the horizon with binoculars and another carrying a long telephoto lens, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

84Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

EYOS branding legible on all three jackets; lifebuoy port of registry, not a place · from GPS

A weathered iceberg with a ridged crest floats in deep blue water, a long tabular berg on the horizon behind it, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

84Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Sunlit berg against grey cloud, tabular berg behind gives depth · from GPS

Two large eroded icebergs stand close together on a grey sea, a flat tabular berg small on the horizon between them, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

84Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Layered bergs with a distant tabular for depth; soft even light · from GPS

Two pinnacled icebergs, one a tall thin spire, stand in cold mist above a dark sea, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

84Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Blue tones and the spire shape make it the most graphic berg pair

A guest silhouetted at the ship's rail glasses a large tabular iceberg with binoculars in soft evening light, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

84Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Dark foreground figure frames the lit berg; the watching moment reads clearly

A seal rests on wave-washed black rock with surf breaking around the ledge below it, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

84Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Rocky surf-washed haulout, not fast ice; species left plain, head shape ambiguous · from GPS

An aerial along a snow-capped headland where a glacier edge breaks over dark red-brown volcanic rock into the sea, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

84Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Red volcanic rock against fractured ice edge; moody low cloud · from GPS

An aerial of a red-brown volcanic islet in the foreground with a glaciated coast and ice cliffs behind it, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

84Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Red rock against blue-white ice, layered depth; site not identifiable · from GPS

A large iceberg with two blocky summits sits on a dark running sea, a small berg in the foreground swell, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

84Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Similar berg from another side; darker sky, foreground berg adds depth

Tabular icebergs and flat floes stand in silhouette on a gold sea under a low midnight sun, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

83Cape Adare high

Minimal graphic silhouette study; sustained warm band across the frame · from GPS

A wall of heavily glaciated peaks and ice-filled valleys runs along the coast above a dark sea, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

83Cape Adare high

Clean high-contrast range with ice cliffs at sea level; no nameable peak · from GPS

The weathered timber flank of a preserved expedition hut runs back to black volcanic ground, provision crates stacked and iced along its wall, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

83Cape Royds high

Historic hut exterior on scoria; nothing in frame names which hut · from GPS

Two zodiacs of passengers work through loose brash ice in front of a long ice cliff, with an expedition cruise ship holding station behind them, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

83Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Bow name is the vessel; low flat ice cliff and heavy brash fill the scene · from GPS

A kayaker raises both arms in a sea kayak with a group of emperor penguins standing on the floe behind, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

83Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Near sibling of the paddle-raised frame; more penguins but same posed moment · from GPS

Emperor penguins stand at the lip of a thick floe that drops straight into dark water, with a low ice front on the horizon, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

83Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Birds on the floe edge with blue ice below; good context, flat overcast light · from GPS

Four emperor penguins stand together on a single flat floe surrounded by open grey sea, with a distant ice front on the horizon, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

83Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Isolation and scale read well; subject very small and light is flat · from GPS

An aerial view of a broad triangular gravel spit stained rust brown by a penguin colony, with meltwater ponds and a black surf-washed shoreline, likely Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

82Cape Adare medium

Same guano-stained spit under the headland as the hut aerials

An aerial view along a black volcanic cape with a single small building at the edge of a snowfield and a distant mountain range across the water, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

82Cape Royds high

Volcanic cape with a hut and a range across a sound; not nameable from pixels · from GPS

Six sea kayaks paddle in line along a low ice foot undercut into caves below a snow slope, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

82Cape Royds high

Kayaks small under the ice wall, good scale; flat overcast light · from GPS

An expedition cruise ship approaches bow on through dark water, with a flat ice shelf cliff running level to the horizon behind it, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

82Ross Ice Shelf high

Bow lettering is the vessel name; ice cliff to horizon reads ice shelf

Mist drifts along the face of a tall ice cliff whose flat top runs out of frame, the sea dark at its foot, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

82Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Wind-carved cornice and sheer face of a large flat-topped ice front in fog · from GPS

Passengers stand in a zodiac photographing a group of emperor penguins gathered on the edge of a floe a few metres away, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

82Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Guest-experience frame; tube lettering is the mother vessel and boat number, not a place · from GPS

Emperor penguins gather on a broad floe with pockets of blue ice, a heavy cloud bank and a distant ice front behind them, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

82Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Sibling of the previous floe-top frame; foreground ice takes most of the picture · from GPS

Two emperor penguins stand facing away from each other on a snow ridge against a plain grey sky, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

82Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Clean symmetrical pair on a grey ground; bodies cut off at the snow line · from GPS

Petrels wheel in numbers around a large fractured iceberg rising from grey open water, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

82Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Birds give the berg scale and life; too distant to call the species · from GPS

An aerial abstract of a dark lead splitting a white sheet of sea ice, with broken plates along the open water margin, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

82Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Graphic black and white ice study; no place evidence at all · from GPS

A large whale blows at the surface in golden evening light, a steep tabular headland silhouetted on the horizon behind, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

82Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Blow and back only, species not resolvable; headland is distant, not our position · from GPS

A low tabular iceberg riddled with blue melt caves lies on a wind-chopped sea under flat grey cloud, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

82Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Row of blue caves along the whole face; centred and symmetrical

The face of a glacier meeting the sea, banded with dark sediment layers and split by blue crevasses, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

82Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Dirt bands in the ice are unusual and give the wall its structure · from GPS

A blocky iceberg with a smooth scooped flank and a flat top sits alone on a dark choppy sea, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

82Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Simple single-berg study, grey sky, less interesting than its neighbours

An emperor penguin stands on a snow slope streaked with dark volcanic rock as a bird passes behind it in flight, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

81Cape Evans high

Yellow ear and neck wash read emperor; flying bird too blurred to name · from GPS

Two emperor penguins stand close together on a snow rise, a third bird just visible behind them, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

81Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Clean pale study of adults; birds cut off at the snow line · from GPS

Crew work a deck crane on the foredeck of an expedition cruise ship, lowering a line to a small boat in the brash ice under the bow, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

81Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Operational moment with real crew work; bow lettering is the vessel name only · from GPS

An emperor penguin lies flat on the ice with its head raised and bill open, a pale iceberg behind, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

81Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Sibling of the lying pair; single bird, less to hold the frame · from GPS

A seal lies on a low rock shelf as white water washes over it, a dark boulder behind, Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea, the Ross Sea.

81Walgreen Coast, Amundsen Sea high

Same animal as its sibling frame, tighter and lower; species not asserted · from GPS

A wide aerial panorama of a rust-brown ice-free spit with meltwater ponds at the foot of a snow-covered cliff, ice floes scattered offshore, likely Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

80Cape Adare medium

Same triangular guano-stained spit under a headland as the hut aerial

A Weddell seal sleeps on snow-covered stones with Adelie penguins standing behind it, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

80Cape Adare high

Blunt upturned muzzle and mottled silver coat identify Weddell seal · from GPS

Adelie penguins line the crest of a black gravel spit as surf runs up the beach, with icebergs on the horizon.

80Cape Adare low

Same black spit and offshore bergs as the colony frames; weak hint only

A sharply ridged tabular iceberg sits in still water below a dark snow-streaked hillside lost in mist, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

80Cape Royds high

Cold muted palette, clean separation of berg and coast; coastline unidentifiable

Visitors in parkas gather at the door of a preserved expedition hut standing on a field of black volcanic rock, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

80Cape Royds high

Whole hut in frame with people for scale; site sign too distant to read · from GPS

Stacked provision crates and bottles inside a preserved expedition hut, with printed cocoa cases, a round cheese case and a shelf of yeast bottles under the dark timber roof, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

80Cape Evans high

Brand and produce marks on crates, not a location; hut site not nameable · from GPS

Snow falls across the buttressed face of a large iceberg where a dark cavern is undercut at the waterline, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

80Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Falling snow and the undercut arch give depth; no scale reference in frame · from GPS

An aerial along the fast ice edge, fracture lines running back into the sheet, a ship standing off in the distance, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

80Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Long curving ice edge gives scale; ship too small to carry the frame · from GPS

A flat-topped iceberg sits on a calm sea under a wide sky of high cloud, more ice barely visible on the far horizon, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

80Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Sky dominant with the berg placed low right; quiet and clean

A guest in a blue parka photographs a long tabular iceberg from the ship's rail, the berg sharp behind the out of focus figure, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

80Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Foreground figure is soft by design; tells the watching-from-deck story · from GPS

A long tabular iceberg sits on the horizon beyond a curving band of brash ice on open water, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

80Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Sweeping brash line leads to the berg; big open sky

A stencilled timber provision crate on a hut shelf still holds rusted tins of beef loaf and glass jars, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

79Cape Royds high

Crate stencil is an object and an expedition name, not a place; left unplaced · from GPS

A seal dozes with its head resting on snow, dark spots scattered across its pale throat, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

79Cape Royds high

Tight head crop; spotting suggests leopard but head shape reads Weddell · from GPS

A loose group of emperor penguins stands and lies on a broad snow slope under flat white cloud, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

79Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Group in a wide white field; flat light gives little separation · from GPS

A wedge of deep blue rolled ice sits among flat white floes on grey water, likely Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

79Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf medium

Same blue-ice subject seen wider; colour holds but composition is looser · from GPS

Two small timber dog kennels half filled with drifted snow sit on black volcanic gravel beside stacked provision crates and canvas-wrapped bales, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

78Cape Royds high

Historic-site detail outside a hut; no evidence naming which site · from GPS

A Weddell seal lies asleep on snow, its silver-mottled flank turned to the light, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

78Cape Royds high

Small head, short muzzle and silver mottling identify Weddell seal

Six visitors in expedition parkas stand inside a preserved hut, one photographing the shelves of bottles and stores, with archive prints laid out on the table in front of them, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

78Cape Evans high

Larger hut than the stove room; table prints are pictures, not place evidence

Sunlight rakes across the sculpted end of a large tabular iceberg hung with icicles, with more flat-topped ice stretching away behind it, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

78Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Big tabular ice face in hard light; no scale reference and no place signal

A head and shoulders study of an emperor penguin against plain white, showing the orange ear patch and yellow neck wash, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

78Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Tight portrait with no environment; sharp but a closeup on nothing per the rubric · from GPS

Fingers of loose ice lie on dark water below a bank of falling snow, with a line of flat-topped icebergs along the horizon, likely Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

78Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf medium

Weather and light are the subject; long line of tabular bergs sets the region · from GPS

Zodiacs cruise the ragged margin where open water meets an unbroken sheet of sea ice running to the horizon, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

78Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Ice edge scale is good but the light is flat and the boats are tiny · from GPS

Low sun burns through a break in a heavy cloud deck and throws rays down onto a dark, calm sea, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

78Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Pure sky and sea study, no ice or subject to anchor it · from GPS

A pinnacled iceberg with a long sloping shoulder floats in flat light on a dark grey sea, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

78Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Good berg shape but the light is dull and the sky is empty

Six passengers in a numbered zodiac photograph with long lenses and phones while the boat sits in loose brash ice below a flat ice cliff, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

77Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Numerals and tube brand are boat markings, not a place; documentary rather than hero · from GPS

A close portrait of an emperor penguin with its bill tilted up, the black hood, orange ear patch and yellow breast wash filling the frame, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

77Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Very sharp but a tight headshot with no environment; capped per the rubric · from GPS

A small blue growler stands up out of a wide field of flat pack ice under grey cloud, likely Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

77Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf medium

One blue form against endless white; simple and clean but flat light · from GPS

Adelie penguins stand among the collapsed timber planking and rope of an old structure on a gravel ridge.

76Cape Adare low

Timber ruin inside the same Adelie colony as the hut frames; weak on its own

An aerial view along a black beach where grounded ice blocks line the surf below a brown penguin colony and snow-covered slopes.

76Cape Adare low

Same colony terrace and shoreline seen from lower and closer

A single Adelie penguin stands on rafted sea ice among snow-covered floes.

76Terra Nova Bay ice edge low

Small dark subject isolated in a pale ice field; strong minimalism, low contrast

Stacked provision crates and canvas-wrapped bales sit in snow against the corrugated and timber walls of a preserved expedition hut, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

76Cape Royds high

Same hut exterior, stores detail; flat white sky, no place evidence · from GPS

A rusted paper-labelled provision tin sits on a rough shelf in a hut, lit by a small window, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

76Cape Royds high

Label text is a food brand, not a place; quiet still life in window light · from GPS

Long icicles hang from a snow-capped overhang above black water in near monochrome, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

76Cape Royds high

Strong graphic contrast, white ice on black rock and water · from GPS

A single weathered iceberg drifts on silver water under a broken cloud bank, with low ice on the far horizon, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

76Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Quiet moody seascape with good light on the water; subject small and plain

Broken pack ice spreads to the horizon under a heavy cloud bank, with a low ice front just visible in the far distance, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

76Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Wide pack-ice field with sun behind cloud; atmospheric but no focal subject

Wind-scoured snow drifts and pressure hummocks across a field of pack ice, blue ice showing through in places, likely Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

76Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land medium

Texture study of drifted pack ice, no subject and no place evidence · from GPS

An officer leans out from MS The World's bridge wing to watch the bow as the vessel works through loose pack ice, likely Ross Sea, on passage, the Ross Sea.

74Ross Sea, on passage medium

Ice navigation told cleanly through the bridge wing; strong negative space · from GPS

Four guests in red and orange parkas walk a dark beach terrace past Adelie penguins and stranded ice blocks below a snow-covered slope.

74Cape Adare low

Same colony beach; people small against the slope give scale

Meltwater has stained the face of an ice cliff in dark vertical streaks above open water, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

74Cape Adare high

Abstract ice texture study; no scale reference and no location cue · from GPS

A stencilled timber provision crate with folded cloth inside stands lit against the dark of a hut interior, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

74Cape Evans high

Stencil names an expedition and a product, both objects, not a location · from GPS

A Weddell seal lies on packed snow with dark volcanic rock outcrops rising behind it, Cape Evans, the Ross Sea.

74Cape Evans high

Mottled silver coat, blunt short snout and small head read Weddell seal

A brown and white petrel sits on calm grey water, its plumage sharp against the swell, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

74Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Brown hood and white underparts suggest Antarctic petrel; wing pattern hidden

An aerial abstract of frost-fringed ice plates meeting near-black water, cracks running as thin dark lines, Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

74Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf high

Strong texture study, reads more as pattern than as a place · from GPS

An iceberg with an overhanging slab sits on a wind-roughened sea in flat hazy light, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

74Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Grey on grey, berg sits small and the haze softens the detail · from GPS

A group of guests in parkas stands on a black gravel bank photographing Adelie penguins gathered along the shore ice.

72Cape Adare low

Guests keeping distance from the colony; same landing beach

Guests in red parkas walk down a black gravel beach toward a waiting zodiac while others wait beside gear bags on the slope above, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

72Cape Adare high

Shore-party logistics; dark volcanic beach, no landform evidence to place it · from GPS

Sea spray has frozen into thick icicles and rounded caps over a black volcanic shoreline rock, Cape Royds, the Ross Sea.

72Cape Royds high

Texture detail of ice on lava rock; no scale, no place cue

A close study of an ice face where meltwater icicles hang over pockets of deep blue glacial ice, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

71Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Abstract ice detail, no horizon or subject; texture study rather than a scene

An officer and three guests lean over the illuminated chart table on a ship's bridge, two of them in expedition team jackets.

70no named location

EYOS on two jackets is the operator, not a place; bridge interior, no location cue

A south polar skua stands hunched on packed snow against a pale sky, Cape Adare, the Ross Sea.

70Cape Adare high

Pale sandy head and body with darker wings; clean low-angle portrait

Snow-covered floes pack the sea from foreground to horizon in flat fog, Terra Nova Bay ice edge, the Ross Sea.

70Terra Nova Bay ice edge high

Even pattern of floes to a white horizon; graphic but low tonal range · from GPS

Sunlight breaks through a heavy cloud bank and falls in rays onto open grey sea, Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf, the Ross Sea.

70Bartlett Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf high

Open water and sky only; atmospheric but no subject or place signal

An orca surfaces in choppy grey water, dorsal fin up and white eye patch showing.

68no named location

Clear orca surfacing; ecotype not determinable at this angle and distance

A white lighthouse with a red dome and a red-roofed keeper's house stand on a tussock headland above dark volcanic rock, New Zealand.

66no named location

NZ-style harbour-entrance light on tussock headland; cannot name the head from pixels

A guest at the rail photographs a large tabular-edged iceberg drifting on open grey water, Southern Ocean, on passage from New Zealand, the Ross Sea.

66Southern Ocean, on passage from New Zealand high

Classic over-the-shoulder framing; berg sharp, foreground soft by design · from GPS

A white lighthouse and red-roofed house sit on a dark cliff above flat grey water in soft rain haze, New Zealand.

64no named location

Same headland light; clean minimal composition but flat light

A small white lighthouse stands at the tip of a misted cliff headland above grey open sea, New Zealand.

62no named location

Same lighthouse as the closer frames, seen from further off in rain haze

Two seals rest on a floe in a wide field of broken pack ice running to a grey horizon, likely Ross Sea, on passage, the Ross Sea.

62Ross Sea, on passage medium

Pack ice is the subject; seals too small to identify to species · from GPS

A seal hauled out on a drift-covered floe, the only dark shape in a field of white, Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land, the Ross Sea.

62Phantom Coast, Marie Byrd Land high

Distant and low contrast, species not resolvable at this size · from GPS

A man scans the sea with binoculars from the curved window wall of a ship's forward observation lounge as a crew member looks out beside him.

60Ross Sea, on passage low

Nice window rhythm and backlight; interior gives no location evidence

Two guests in hats and parkas watch from an open deck rail as a small iceberg passes on the horizon, Southern Ocean, on passage from New Zealand, the Ross Sea.

58Southern Ocean, on passage from New Zealand high

First-iceberg moment shot past blurred backs; subjects out of focus · from GPS

Fresh snow lies in drifts across MS The World's blue sports court beneath white satellite radomes, likely Ross Sea, on passage, the Ross Sea.

52Ross Sea, on passage medium

Snow on a deck court is a nice detail but graphically flat and unplaceable · from GPS

Weatherboard houses, cabbage trees and flax sit on a grassy hillside above a rocky surf-washed shore, New Zealand.

46no named location

Cabbage trees, flax, weatherboard housing read New Zealand; settlement not identifiable