Landscape of Antarctica showing ice and scree slopes

• Main Author: Young, Euan
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland 1993
• Subjects: Skua breeding habitat; Land & seabirds; Aves; Charadriiformes; Stercorariidae - Skuas; Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua; Cape Crozier; Crozier; Ross Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
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Good nest sites are scarce in Antarctica, where most of the continent is covered in ice. Skua nests are made from shallow depressions in rocky screes.