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People standing on ice and snow
Date Taken:
December 3, 2006
Photograph By:
Steven Profaizer
License Type:
Public Domain

Brian Birkenstein talks with tour leader Peggy Malloy on a walk through the pressure ridges near New Zealand's Scott Base. Pressure ridges are formed when the sea ice buckles under stress, sending sections of ice jutting out above the surface.

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