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Map of Antarctica:

Antarctica: shaded relief:

Elevation:

Antarctic Ice Flow rates:

Antarctica – 3D:

Transantarctic mountains: ld1=Filename&op1=matches&value=LANDSCAPE3.JPG&cat alog=Antarctica&template=USAPgovMidThumbs

Antarctic coast:

Antarctic icebergs:

Lewis Cliff (I have permission for this from R. Korotev)

Beardmore Glacier:

Lambert Glacier

Lambert Glacier (in the background)

Lambert Glacier

Lambert Glacier: LandSat image

Map of Lambert Glacier and Amery Ice Shelf

Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Ross Ice Shelf: ml

Photo of McMurdo Station

Mt. Erebus

Mt. Erebus Ice Tower

Ice Caves near Erebus

Cross-section:

Antarctica dry valley, showing lichen

Looking for meteorites (I have permission for this from Randy Korotev)

Antarctica Ozone Hole

Blood Falls, Antarctica

Antarctica – Larsen B:

Larsen B Ice Sheet collapse

Larsen B ice sheet collapse, showing time sequence

Larsen B Ice Sheet:

Ice Flow rates: velocity.jpg

Bedrock:

Temperature trend: _ jpg

Dome C:

Satellite photo of Greenland

Satellite map of Great Lakes

North Pole Ice Sheet: _shrinking_and_the_sout/

North Pole Ice Sheet:

Beardmore Glacier: