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Druzhnaya I was established in 1975 as seasonal field camps on the Filchner Ice Shelf to carry out topographic and geodetic mapping of the local area. [4]In 1986, satellite images revealed ice breakup near Druzhnaya I.
Black Island), is an island in the Ross Archipelago, 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) long, projecting through the Ross Ice Shelf to a height of 1,040 metres (3,410 ft It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE: 1901-04) and named by them for its appearance.
Ross Archipelago) is a name for that group of islands which, together with the ice shelf between them, forms the eastern and southern boundaries of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica The most northerly is Beaufort Island , then comes Ross Island , the Dellbridge Islands , and Black Island and White Island .
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East Base on Stonington Island is the oldest American research station in Antarctica, having been commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. The station was built as part of two US wintering expeditions – United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The base covers 1,000 ...
White Island) is an island in the Ross Archipelago of Antarctica It is 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf immediately east of Black Island . It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and so named by them because of the mantle of snow that covers it.
In 1971, Denis C. Lindsay published Vegetation of the South Shetland Islands, and in doing so was the first person to report on the flora of Half Moon Island.In a 2018 publication, it was accepted that there were 37 species of moss and 59 species of lichen present on the island.
The ice bridge holding the Wilkins Ice Shelf to the Antarctic coastline and Charcot Island was 40 kilometres (25 mi) long but only 500 metres (1,640 ft) wide at its narrowest point – in 1950 it was 100 kilometres (62 mi) It shattered in April 2009 over an area measuring 20.1 by 2.4 kilometres (12.5 by 1.5 mi).