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Pack ice, South Georgia
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Pack ice, South Georgia

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Pack ice, South Georgia
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Pack ice, South Georgia
 
Pack ice, South Georgia. As whale numbers steadily decreased, the whalers had go further to go further in to the ice around Antarctica to find them. They would often steam through pack ice such as this. Pack ice moves under the influence of wind and surface currents. It can change in a matter of hours from having wide gaps in it to being densely packed and impassable.
  • Not in Shetland
  • Bruce, T
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