Deception Island -- photograph

View of the area at Deception Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula, where Sir Hubert Wilkins made the first flight in Antarctica in 1928. Deception Island is a drowned caldera (volcanic crater) covered in black volcanic sand from the last eruption in 1970. The heat remaining in the sand warms the wat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seale, Linda N.
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
Hot springs
First flights
Drowned caldera
Flying in Antarctica
Deception Island
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Wilkins
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/2fa21877-9504-42e8-8c6b-6f4ddea4e343
https://doi.org/10.7939/R3SB3X56W
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Summary:View of the area at Deception Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula, where Sir Hubert Wilkins made the first flight in Antarctica in 1928. Deception Island is a drowned caldera (volcanic crater) covered in black volcanic sand from the last eruption in 1970. The heat remaining in the sand warms the water along the shoreline and creates steam. Photographed January 2004

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