A Harpist in Antarctica : Big Pic Gallery
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Maria Banks recently shot this picture of her guide, Cheryl Parker, in an Antarctic ice cave. Maria started out as a harpist who admired glaciers from her vantage point playing for guests on Alaskan cruises. Now she's a scientist with a team of researchers living and working in Antarctica for three months. She's blogging from there for the new website Adventures in Climate Change. Maria and her colleagues are investigating the past by drilling deep into the ice shelf in the hopes of shedding some light on Earth's climate over the ages.
Image credit: Maria Banks
A group of Adelie penguins “hanging out” about 10 feet from the camera on the sea ice just outside of McMurdo Station.
Image credit: Maria Banks
Maria gazes across the landscape at Mt. Terror from the Castle rock hike just outside of McMurdo Station. Mt. Terror is named after one of the first ships to investigate this area of Antarctica.
Image credit: Maria Banks
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