{"id":1751,"date":"2014-12-18T00:41:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T11:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2014-12-17T07:54:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T12:54:30","slug":"a-late-evening-pressure-ridge-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2014\/12\/18\/a-late-evening-pressure-ridge-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"a late evening pressure ridge tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>Four of us took the opportunity this evening (Wed Dec 17) to go on a tour of the pressure ridges near Scott Base, the Kiwi base located just a couple of miles down the road from McMurdo Station.\u00a0 It was a bit snowy out so visibility wasn\u2019t great, but it wasn\u2019t cold, just the right temperature for a jaunt on the sea ice.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 654px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2014\/12\/14203921\/IMG_4325_small-e1418820627982.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4325_small\" width=\"644\" height=\"484\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me with some pressure ridges and then Scott Base behind, and snow flurries over the hills in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As their name suggests, the pressure ridges form where ice is pushed up against the shore, and deforms into these wonderful ridges.\u00a0 They have beautiful blue ice, some neat stratigraphy where snow has accumulated in layers, and cool natural sculptures created by deformation and melting of the ice.\u00a0 Also interspersed among the ridges were these lovely melt ponds of different colors (greener where there is more algae perhaps, browner with more dirt. . . ??).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2014\/12\/14203919\/IMG_4354_smaller-e1418820641969.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4354_smaller\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walking through a gap in a pressure ridge, with melt pools ahead of us and to the left.\u00a0 Christine (with black knapsack) and Vinciane are the last two red coats.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also interspersed among the ridges were some seals!\u00a0 There were perhaps 4 or 5, just hanging out.\u00a0 They were adults with one youngster, maybe a couple of months old or less (based on former sightings by our guide), who vocalized for us as we stopped to take his photo on the way back.\u00a0 As Shannon said, he sounded like a lion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2014\/12\/14203918\/DSCN6899s-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN6899s\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the seals, enjoying life on the ice, with a pressure ridge in the background.\u00a0 (See Ralph\u2019s post \u2018On the patience of seals\u2019 for more seal info)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-posted by Devon, McMurdo, Dec 17<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four of us took the opportunity this evening (Wed Dec 17) to go on a tour of the pressure ridges near Scott Base, the Kiwi base located just a couple of miles down the road from McMurdo Station.\u00a0 It was a bit snowy out so visibility wasn\u2019t great, but it wasn\u2019t cold, just the right temperature for a jaunt on the sea ice.<\/p>\n<p>As their name suggests, the pressure ridges form where ice is pushed up against the shore, and deforms into these wonderful ridges.\u00a0 They have beautiful blue ice, some neat stratigraphy where snow has accumulated in layers,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2014\/12\/18\/a-late-evening-pressure-ridge-tour\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading&#8230; 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