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A set of pictures showing some features of the Brunt Ice Shelf (where Halley is located), from the base perimeter to the Hinge Zone 40 kilometres away.
This aerial photo shows the McDonald Ice Rumples as well as the first few Creeks (to the left near the plane wing). In this region the moving ice shelf is grounded against a pinnicle of rock below. This causes a tremendous amount of pressure on the ice shelf which causes huge waves of fractured and crevassed ice.