December 13, 2015 ~ Antarctica Day 2
Cierva Cove is a cove on the West Antarctic Peninsula, lying just North of Hughes bay.
The Birth of an Iceberg:
A zodiac cruise here showed a beautiful example of a glacier surrounded by brash ice, accumulations of floating ice made up of fragments not more than 2 meters across, the wreckage of other forms of ice. As the glacier terminates in to the sea large pieces will break off in a process called calving. Once these pieces hit the water they become icebergs.
Photo by Patrica Burke
Photo by Patrica Burke
Photo by Patrica Burke
Photo by Patrica Burke
Photo by Patrica Burke
Photo by Patrica Burke
