Edward Bransfield

Bransfield Strait, Davis Coast, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, South Pole

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Updated: 09 Jul 2013
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Bransfield Strait is a body of water about 60 miles (100 km) wide extending for 200 miles (300 km) in a general northeast-southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. It was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland Islands in 1820. It is called Mar de la Flota by Argentina. The undersea trough through the strait is known as Bransfield Trough (61°30′S 54°0′W). The basin is about 400 km length and 2 km depth, between the South Shetland Island Arc and the Antarctic Peninsula. It was formed by rifting behind the islands, which began about 4 million years ago. This ongoing rifting has caused recent earthquakes and volcanism along the Bransfield Strait. The Strait hosts a chain of submerged seamounts of volcanic origin, including in particular the presently inactive Orca Seamount. On 23 November 2007, the MS Explorer struck an iceberg and sank in the Bransfield Strait. All 154 passengers were rescued. No injuries were reported.

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Icebergs, Bransfield Strait, Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, South Pole

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Updated: 15 Aug 2011
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Bransfield Strait is a body of water about 100 kilometres (60 mi) wide extending for 300 miles (500 km) in a general north-east - south-west direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. The strait was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland Islands in 1820. It is called Mar de la Flota by Argentina. On 23 November 2007, the MS Explorer struck an iceberg and sank in the strait; all 154 passengers were rescued and no injuries were reported. The undersea trough through the strait is known as Bransfield Trough (61°30′S 54°0′W). The basin is about 400 km long and 2 km deep, between the South Shetland Island Arc and the Antarctic Peninsula. It was formed by rifting behind the islands, which began about 4 million years ago. Ongoing rifting has caused recent earthquakes and volcanism. The Strait hosts a chain of submerged seamounts of volcanic origin, including the presently inactive Orca Seamount. An area of relatively shallow marine waters of about 1021 km2, off the western and southern coasts of Low Island, has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 152) because it is one of only two known sites near the United States’s Palmer Station suitable for bottom trawling for fish and other benthic organisms. Fish have been collected from the site by scientists from Palmer Station since the early 1970s, and it is recognised as an important spawning ground for several species, including Black Rockcod and Blackfin Icefish.

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Icebergs, Bransfield Strait, Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, South Pole

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Updated: 15 Aug 2011
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Bransfield Strait is a body of water about 100 kilometres (60 mi) wide extending for 300 miles (500 km) in a general north-east - south-west direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. The strait was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland Islands in 1820. It is called Mar de la Flota by Argentina. On 23 November 2007, the MS Explorer struck an iceberg and sank in the strait; all 154 passengers were rescued and no injuries were reported. The undersea trough through the strait is known as Bransfield Trough (61°30′S 54°0′W). The basin is about 400 km long and 2 km deep, between the South Shetland Island Arc and the Antarctic Peninsula. It was formed by rifting behind the islands, which began about 4 million years ago. Ongoing rifting has caused recent earthquakes and volcanism. The Strait hosts a chain of submerged seamounts of volcanic origin, including the presently inactive Orca Seamount. An area of relatively shallow marine waters of about 1021 km2, off the western and southern coasts of Low Island, has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 152) because it is one of only two known sites near the United States’s Palmer Station suitable for bottom trawling for fish and other benthic organisms. Fish have been collected from the site by scientists from Palmer Station since the early 1970s, and it is recognised as an important spawning ground for several species, including Black Rockcod and Blackfin Icefish.

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Iceberg, Bransfield Strait, Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, South Pole

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Updated: 15 Aug 2011
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Bransfield Strait is a body of water about 100 kilometres (60 mi) wide extending for 300 miles (500 km) in a general north-east - south-west direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. The strait was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland Islands in 1820. It is called Mar de la Flota by Argentina. On 23 November 2007, the MS Explorer struck an iceberg and sank in the strait; all 154 passengers were rescued and no injuries were reported. The undersea trough through the strait is known as Bransfield Trough (61°30′S 54°0′W). The basin is about 400 km long and 2 km deep, between the South Shetland Island Arc and the Antarctic Peninsula. It was formed by rifting behind the islands, which began about 4 million years ago. Ongoing rifting has caused recent earthquakes and volcanism. The Strait hosts a chain of submerged seamounts of volcanic origin, including the presently inactive Orca Seamount. An area of relatively shallow marine waters of about 1021 km2, off the western and southern coasts of Low Island, has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 152) because it is one of only two known sites near the United States’s Palmer Station suitable for bottom trawling for fish and other benthic organisms. Fish have been collected from the site by scientists from Palmer Station since the early 1970s, and it is recognised as an important spawning ground for several species, including Black Rockcod and Blackfin Icefish.

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Iceberg, Bransfield Strait, Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, South Pole

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Updated: 15 Aug 2011
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Bransfield Strait is a body of water about 100 kilometres (60 mi) wide extending for 300 miles (500 km) in a general north-east - south-west direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. The strait was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland Islands in 1820. It is called Mar de la Flota by Argentina. On 23 November 2007, the MS Explorer struck an iceberg and sank in the strait; all 154 passengers were rescued and no injuries were reported. The undersea trough through the strait is known as Bransfield Trough (61°30′S 54°0′W). The basin is about 400 km long and 2 km deep, between the South Shetland Island Arc and the Antarctic Peninsula. It was formed by rifting behind the islands, which began about 4 million years ago. Ongoing rifting has caused recent earthquakes and volcanism. The Strait hosts a chain of submerged seamounts of volcanic origin, including the presently inactive Orca Seamount. An area of relatively shallow marine waters of about 1021 km2, off the western and southern coasts of Low Island, has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 152) because it is one of only two known sites near the United States’s Palmer Station suitable for bottom trawling for fish and other benthic organisms. Fish have been collected from the site by scientists from Palmer Station since the early 1970s, and it is recognised as an important spawning ground for several species, including Black Rockcod and Blackfin Icefish.

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Iceberg, Bransfield Strait, Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, South Pole

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Duration: 0:33
Updated: 15 Aug 2011
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Bransfield Strait is a body of water about 100 kilometres (60 mi) wide extending for 300 miles (500 km) in a general north-east - south-west direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. The strait was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland Islands in 1820. It is called Mar de la Flota by Argentina. On 23 November 2007, the MS Explorer struck an iceberg and sank in the strait; all 154 passengers were rescued and no injuries were reported. The undersea trough through the strait is known as Bransfield Trough (61°30′S 54°0′W). The basin is about 400 km long and 2 km deep, between the South Shetland Island Arc and the Antarctic Peninsula. It was formed by rifting behind the islands, which began about 4 million years ago. Ongoing rifting has caused recent earthquakes and volcanism. The Strait hosts a chain of submerged seamounts of volcanic origin, including the presently inactive Orca Seamount. An area of relatively shallow marine waters of about 1021 km2, off the western and southern coasts of Low Island, has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 152) because it is one of only two known sites near the United States’s Palmer Station suitable for bottom trawling for fish and other benthic organisms. Fish have been collected from the site by scientists from Palmer Station since the early 1970s, and it is recognised as an important spawning ground for several species, including Black Rockcod and Blackfin Icefish.

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Bransfield Strait, Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, South Pole

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Duration: 0:17
Updated: 15 Aug 2011
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Bransfield Strait is a body of water about 100 kilometres (60 mi) wide extending for 300 miles (500 km) in a general north-east - south-west direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. The strait was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland Islands in 1820. It is called Mar de la Flota by Argentina. On 23 November 2007, the MS Explorer struck an iceberg and sank in the strait; all 154 passengers were rescued and no injuries were reported. The undersea trough through the strait is known as Bransfield Trough (61°30′S 54°0′W). The basin is about 400 km long and 2 km deep, between the South Shetland Island Arc and the Antarctic Peninsula. It was formed by rifting behind the islands, which began about 4 million years ago. Ongoing rifting has caused recent earthquakes and volcanism. The Strait hosts a chain of submerged seamounts of volcanic origin, including the presently inactive Orca Seamount. An area of relatively shallow marine waters of about 1021 km2, off the western and southern coasts of Low Island, has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 152) because it is one of only two known sites near the United States’s Palmer Station suitable for bottom trawling for fish and other benthic organisms. Fish have been collected from the site by scientists from Palmer Station since the early 1970s, and it is recognised as an important spawning ground for several species, including Black Rockcod and Blackfin Icefish.

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Wiencke Island, British Antarctic Territory, Antarctica, South Pole

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Updated: 11 Jul 2013
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Wiencke Island is an island 26 km (16 mi) long and from 3 to 8 km (1.9 to 5.0 mi) wide, about 67 km2 (26 sq mi) in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The rocky island is mostly covered by glaciers, snow and ice. Some small rocky beaches lie on the western and northern sides of the island. There, some grasses, moss and lichens can be found. There are three mountain ridges, with Nemo Peak, 864 m (2,835 ft) high, to the north-west; Nipple Peak to the north-east; and Luigi Peak, 1,415 m (4,642 ft) high, to the south-west. Luigi Peak is the island's summit, despite it never having been completely surveyed. Minor islands surround it, such as Breakwater Island, 33 m (108 ft) high, 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Cape Astrup, Wiencke's northernmost point. On the south-east coast is Pursuit Point, an Important Bird Area. Near the south-east side is Fridtjof Island, 136 m (446 ft) high, connected to Wiencke by a chain of small rocks and islets. In the vicinity of Cape Willems, the south-easternmost extremity of Wiencke, are the Bob Islands, three in number, of volcanic origin, up to 134 m (440 ft) high. The island seems to have been discovered first by Edward Bransfield on board the brig Williams in January 1820, though he named it a cape. In 1829 Henry Foster (scientist) sailed around the island. In 1873 the German Eduard Dallmann was the first to land on the island, and reported it 'a lovely place'. The island was named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897--99, under Adrien de Gerlache, for Carl August Wiencke, a Norwegian seaman who fell overboard and lost his life on the expedition. Joining Carl on the expedition were Karen and Scott Wiencke, who are thought to have some influence over the naming of the island. Britain set up bases on Deception and in a bay of Wiencke Island in 1944 and another at Hope Bay in 1945, to do weather reporting and to check that there was no German naval activity. Only one of these three bases remains, on in tGoudier Island he bay of Port Lockroy, off Jougla Point, near Wiencke Island's south-western end. An Argentinean light tower was installed in 1947 at Py Point at the southwest end of the Peltier Channel on nearby Doumer Island, and a refuge hut erected in Dorian Bay in 1957, north of Port Lockroy. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) erected a staging hut, known as the Damoy Point refuge, near this Argentinean refuge in 1975 to act as a base for a temporary summer aircraft ice-strip. This was taken out of use in 1995, and stands restored as a historic site. Another scientific station (Yelcho) was established in 1962 by the Chilean Navy in South Bay on nearby Doumer Island. An emergency shelter was built in 1957 in Alice Creek 150 m south of Goudier Island on the east coast of the island, followed two years later by a larger hut, for use when maintaining a low-frequency electromagnetic aerial and remote receiving equipment. These two huts were removed in 1996 when derelict while Base 'A' on Goudier Island was restored

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Wiencke Island, British Antarctic Territory, Antarctica, South Pole

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Updated: 11 Jul 2013
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Wiencke Island is an island 26 km (16 mi) long and from 3 to 8 km (1.9 to 5.0 mi) wide, about 67 km2 (26 sq mi) in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The rocky island is mostly covered by glaciers, snow and ice. Some small rocky beaches lie on the western and northern sides of the island. There, some grasses, moss and lichens can be found. There are three mountain ridges, with Nemo Peak, 864 m (2,835 ft) high, to the north-west; Nipple Peak to the north-east; and Luigi Peak, 1,415 m (4,642 ft) high, to the south-west. Luigi Peak is the island's summit, despite it never having been completely surveyed. Minor islands surround it, such as Breakwater Island, 33 m (108 ft) high, 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Cape Astrup, Wiencke's northernmost point. On the south-east coast is Pursuit Point, an Important Bird Area. Near the south-east side is Fridtjof Island, 136 m (446 ft) high, connected to Wiencke by a chain of small rocks and islets. In the vicinity of Cape Willems, the south-easternmost extremity of Wiencke, are the Bob Islands, three in number, of volcanic origin, up to 134 m (440 ft) high. The island seems to have been discovered first by Edward Bransfield on board the brig Williams in January 1820, though he named it a cape. In 1829 Henry Foster (scientist) sailed around the island. In 1873 the German Eduard Dallmann was the first to land on the island, and reported it 'a lovely place'. The island was named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897--99, under Adrien de Gerlache, for Carl August Wiencke, a Norwegian seaman who fell overboard and lost his life on the expedition. Joining Carl on the expedition were Karen and Scott Wiencke, who are thought to have some influence over the naming of the island. Britain set up bases on Deception and in a bay of Wiencke Island in 1944 and another at Hope Bay in 1945, to do weather reporting and to check that there was no German naval activity. Only one of these three bases remains, on in tGoudier Island he bay of Port Lockroy, off Jougla Point, near Wiencke Island's south-western end. An Argentinean light tower was installed in 1947 at Py Point at the southwest end of the Peltier Channel on nearby Doumer Island, and a refuge hut erected in Dorian Bay in 1957, north of Port Lockroy. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) erected a staging hut, known as the Damoy Point refuge, near this Argentinean refuge in 1975 to act as a base for a temporary summer aircraft ice-strip. This was taken out of use in 1995, and stands restored as a historic site. Another scientific station (Yelcho) was established in 1962 by the Chilean Navy in South Bay on nearby Doumer Island. An emergency shelter was built in 1957 in Alice Creek 150 m south of Goudier Island on the east coast of the island, followed two years later by a larger hut, for use when maintaining a low-frequency electromagnetic aerial and remote receiving equipment. These two huts were removed in 1996 when derelict while Base 'A' on Goudier Island was restored

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Wiencke Island, British Antarctic Territory, Antarctica, South Pole

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Wiencke Island is an island 26 km (16 mi) long and from 3 to 8 km (1.9 to 5.0 mi) wide, about 67 km2 (26 sq mi) in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The rocky island is mostly covered by glaciers, snow and ice. Some small rocky beaches lie on the western and northern sides of the island. There, some grasses, moss and lichens can be found. There are three mountain ridges, with Nemo Peak, 864 m (2,835 ft) high, to the north-west; Nipple Peak to the north-east; and Luigi Peak, 1,415 m (4,642 ft) high, to the south-west. Luigi Peak is the island's summit, despite it never having been completely surveyed. Minor islands surround it, such as Breakwater Island, 33 m (108 ft) high, 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Cape Astrup, Wiencke's northernmost point. On the south-east coast is Pursuit Point, an Important Bird Area. Near the south-east side is Fridtjof Island, 136 m (446 ft) high, connected to Wiencke by a chain of small rocks and islets. In the vicinity of Cape Willems, the south-easternmost extremity of Wiencke, are the Bob Islands, three in number, of volcanic origin, up to 134 m (440 ft) high. The island seems to have been discovered first by Edward Bransfield on board the brig Williams in January 1820, though he named it a cape. In 1829 Henry Foster (scientist) sailed around the island. In 1873 the German Eduard Dallmann was the first to land on the island, and reported it 'a lovely place'. The island was named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897--99, under Adrien de Gerlache, for Carl August Wiencke, a Norwegian seaman who fell overboard and lost his life on the expedition. Joining Carl on the expedition were Karen and Scott Wiencke, who are thought to have some influence over the naming of the island. Britain set up bases on Deception and in a bay of Wiencke Island in 1944 and another at Hope Bay in 1945, to do weather reporting and to check that there was no German naval activity. Only one of these three bases remains, on in tGoudier Island he bay of Port Lockroy, off Jougla Point, near Wiencke Island's south-western end. An Argentinean light tower was installed in 1947 at Py Point at the southwest end of the Peltier Channel on nearby Doumer Island, and a refuge hut erected in Dorian Bay in 1957, north of Port Lockroy. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) erected a staging hut, known as the Damoy Point refuge, near this Argentinean refuge in 1975 to act as a base for a temporary summer aircraft ice-strip. This was taken out of use in 1995, and stands restored as a historic site. Another scientific station (Yelcho) was established in 1962 by the Chilean Navy in South Bay on nearby Doumer Island. An emergency shelter was built in 1957 in Alice Creek 150 m south of Goudier Island on the east coast of the island, followed two years later by a larger hut, for use when maintaining a low-frequency electromagnetic aerial and remote receiving equipment. These two huts were removed in 1996 when derelict while Base 'A' on Goudier Island was restored

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Wiencke Island, British Antarctic Territory, Antarctica, South Pole

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Wiencke Island is an island 26 km (16 mi) long and from 3 to 8 km (1.9 to 5.0 mi) wide, about 67 km2 (26 sq mi) in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The rocky island is mostly covered by glaciers, snow and ice. Some small rocky beaches lie on the western and northern sides of the island. There, some grasses, moss and lichens can be found. There are three mountain ridges, with Nemo Peak, 864 m (2,835 ft) high, to the north-west; Nipple Peak to the north-east; and Luigi Peak, 1,415 m (4,642 ft) high, to the south-west. Luigi Peak is the island's summit, despite it never having been completely surveyed. Minor islands surround it, such as Breakwater Island, 33 m (108 ft) high, 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Cape Astrup, Wiencke's northernmost point. On the south-east coast is Pursuit Point, an Important Bird Area. Near the south-east side is Fridtjof Island, 136 m (446 ft) high, connected to Wiencke by a chain of small rocks and islets. In the vicinity of Cape Willems, the south-easternmost extremity of Wiencke, are the Bob Islands, three in number, of volcanic origin, up to 134 m (440 ft) high. The island seems to have been discovered first by Edward Bransfield on board the brig Williams in January 1820, though he named it a cape. In 1829 Henry Foster (scientist) sailed around the island. In 1873 the German Eduard Dallmann was the first to land on the island, and reported it 'a lovely place'. The island was named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897--99, under Adrien de Gerlache, for Carl August Wiencke, a Norwegian seaman who fell overboard and lost his life on the expedition. Joining Carl on the expedition were Karen and Scott Wiencke, who are thought to have some influence over the naming of the island. Britain set up bases on Deception and in a bay of Wiencke Island in 1944 and another at Hope Bay in 1945, to do weather reporting and to check that there was no German naval activity. Only one of these three bases remains, on in tGoudier Island he bay of Port Lockroy, off Jougla Point, near Wiencke Island's south-western end. An Argentinean light tower was installed in 1947 at Py Point at the southwest end of the Peltier Channel on nearby Doumer Island, and a refuge hut erected in Dorian Bay in 1957, north of Port Lockroy. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) erected a staging hut, known as the Damoy Point refuge, near this Argentinean refuge in 1975 to act as a base for a temporary summer aircraft ice-strip. This was taken out of use in 1995, and stands restored as a historic site. Another scientific station (Yelcho) was established in 1962 by the Chilean Navy in South Bay on nearby Doumer Island. An emergency shelter was built in 1957 in Alice Creek 150 m south of Goudier Island on the east coast of the island, followed two years later by a larger hut, for use when maintaining a low-frequency electromagnetic aerial and remote receiving equipment. These two huts were removed in 1996 when derelict while Base 'A' on Goudier Island was restored

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Wiencke Island, British Antarctic Territory, Antarctica, South Pole

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Wiencke Island is an island 26 km (16 mi) long and from 3 to 8 km (1.9 to 5.0 mi) wide, about 67 km2 (26 sq mi) in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The rocky island is mostly covered by glaciers, snow and ice. Some small rocky beaches lie on the western and northern sides of the island. There, some grasses, moss and lichens can be found. There are three mountain ridges, with Nemo Peak, 864 m (2,835 ft) high, to the north-west; Nipple Peak to the north-east; and Luigi Peak, 1,415 m (4,642 ft) high, to the south-west. Luigi Peak is the island's summit, despite it never having been completely surveyed. Minor islands surround it, such as Breakwater Island, 33 m (108 ft) high, 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Cape Astrup, Wiencke's northernmost point. On the south-east coast is Pursuit Point, an Important Bird Area. Near the south-east side is Fridtjof Island, 136 m (446 ft) high, connected to Wiencke by a chain of small rocks and islets. In the vicinity of Cape Willems, the south-easternmost extremity of Wiencke, are the Bob Islands, three in number, of volcanic origin, up to 134 m (440 ft) high. The island seems to have been discovered first by Edward Bransfield on board the brig Williams in January 1820, though he named it a cape. In 1829 Henry Foster (scientist) sailed around the island. In 1873 the German Eduard Dallmann was the first to land on the island, and reported it 'a lovely place'. The island was named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897--99, under Adrien de Gerlache, for Carl August Wiencke, a Norwegian seaman who fell overboard and lost his life on the expedition. Joining Carl on the expedition were Karen and Scott Wiencke, who are thought to have some influence over the naming of the island. Britain set up bases on Deception and in a bay of Wiencke Island in 1944 and another at Hope Bay in 1945, to do weather reporting and to check that there was no German naval activity. Only one of these three bases remains, on in tGoudier Island he bay of Port Lockroy, off Jougla Point, near Wiencke Island's south-western end. An Argentinean light tower was installed in 1947 at Py Point at the southwest end of the Peltier Channel on nearby Doumer Island, and a refuge hut erected in Dorian Bay in 1957, north of Port Lockroy. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) erected a staging hut, known as the Damoy Point refuge, near this Argentinean refuge in 1975 to act as a base for a temporary summer aircraft ice-strip. This was taken out of use in 1995, and stands restored as a historic site. Another scientific station (Yelcho) was established in 1962 by the Chilean Navy in South Bay on nearby Doumer Island. An emergency shelter was built in 1957 in Alice Creek 150 m south of Goudier Island on the east coast of the island, followed two years later by a larger hut, for use when maintaining a low-frequency electromagnetic aerial and remote receiving equipment. These two huts were removed in 1996 when derelict while Base 'A' on Goudier Island was restored

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Wiencke Island, British Antarctic Territory, Antarctica, South Pole

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Updated: 11 Jul 2013
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Wiencke Island is an island 26 km (16 mi) long and from 3 to 8 km (1.9 to 5.0 mi) wide, about 67 km2 (26 sq mi) in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The rocky island is mostly covered by glaciers, snow and ice. Some small rocky beaches lie on the western and northern sides of the island. There, some grasses, moss and lichens can be found. There are three mountain ridges, with Nemo Peak, 864 m (2,835 ft) high, to the north-west; Nipple Peak to the north-east; and Luigi Peak, 1,415 m (4,642 ft) high, to the south-west. Luigi Peak is the island's summit, despite it never having been completely surveyed. Minor islands surround it, such as Breakwater Island, 33 m (108 ft) high, 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Cape Astrup, Wiencke's northernmost point. On the south-east coast is Pursuit Point, an Important Bird Area. Near the south-east side is Fridtjof Island, 136 m (446 ft) high, connected to Wiencke by a chain of small rocks and islets. In the vicinity of Cape Willems, the south-easternmost extremity of Wiencke, are the Bob Islands, three in number, of volcanic origin, up to 134 m (440 ft) high. The island seems to have been discovered first by Edward Bransfield on board the brig Williams in January 1820, though he named it a cape. In 1829 Henry Foster (scientist) sailed around the island. In 1873 the German Eduard Dallmann was the first to land on the island, and reported it 'a lovely place'. The island was named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897--99, under Adrien de Gerlache, for Carl August Wiencke, a Norwegian seaman who fell overboard and lost his life on the expedition. Joining Carl on the expedition were Karen and Scott Wiencke, who are thought to have some influence over the naming of the island. Britain set up bases on Deception and in a bay of Wiencke Island in 1944 and another at Hope Bay in 1945, to do weather reporting and to check that there was no German naval activity. Only one of these three bases remains, on in tGoudier Island he bay of Port Lockroy, off Jougla Point, near Wiencke Island's south-western end. An Argentinean light tower was installed in 1947 at Py Point at the southwest end of the Peltier Channel on nearby Doumer Island, and a refuge hut erected in Dorian Bay in 1957, north of Port Lockroy. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) erected a staging hut, known as the Damoy Point refuge, near this Argentinean refuge in 1975 to act as a base for a temporary summer aircraft ice-strip. This was taken out of use in 1995, and stands restored as a historic site. Another scientific station (Yelcho) was established in 1962 by the Chilean Navy in South Bay on nearby Doumer Island. An emergency shelter was built in 1957 in Alice Creek 150 m south of Goudier Island on the east coast of the island, followed two years later by a larger hut, for use when maintaining a low-frequency electromagnetic aerial and remote receiving equipment. These two huts were removed in 1996 when derelict while Base 'A' on Goudier Island was restored

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Wiencke Island, British Antarctic Territory, Antarctica, South Pole

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Wiencke Island is an island 26 km (16 mi) long and from 3 to 8 km (1.9 to 5.0 mi) wide, about 67 km2 (26 sq mi) in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The rocky island is mostly covered by glaciers, snow and ice. Some small rocky beaches lie on the western and northern sides of the island. There, some grasses, moss and lichens can be found. There are three mountain ridges, with Nemo Peak, 864 m (2,835 ft) high, to the north-west; Nipple Peak to the north-east; and Luigi Peak, 1,415 m (4,642 ft) high, to the south-west. Luigi Peak is the island's summit, despite it never having been completely surveyed. Minor islands surround it, such as Breakwater Island, 33 m (108 ft) high, 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Cape Astrup, Wiencke's northernmost point. On the south-east coast is Pursuit Point, an Important Bird Area. Near the south-east side is Fridtjof Island, 136 m (446 ft) high, connected to Wiencke by a chain of small rocks and islets. In the vicinity of Cape Willems, the south-easternmost extremity of Wiencke, are the Bob Islands, three in number, of volcanic origin, up to 134 m (440 ft) high. The island seems to have been discovered first by Edward Bransfield on board the brig Williams in January 1820, though he named it a cape. In 1829 Henry Foster (scientist) sailed around the island. In 1873 the German Eduard Dallmann was the first to land on the island, and reported it 'a lovely place'. The island was named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897--99, under Adrien de Gerlache, for Carl August Wiencke, a Norwegian seaman who fell overboard and lost his life on the expedition. Joining Carl on the expedition were Karen and Scott Wiencke, who are thought to have some influence over the naming of the island. Britain set up bases on Deception and in a bay of Wiencke Island in 1944 and another at Hope Bay in 1945, to do weather reporting and to check that there was no German naval activity. Only one of these three bases remains, on in tGoudier Island he bay of Port Lockroy, off Jougla Point, near Wiencke Island's south-western end. An Argentinean light tower was installed in 1947 at Py Point at the southwest end of the Peltier Channel on nearby Doumer Island, and a refuge hut erected in Dorian Bay in 1957, north of Port Lockroy. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) erected a staging hut, known as the Damoy Point refuge, near this Argentinean refuge in 1975 to act as a base for a temporary summer aircraft ice-strip. This was taken out of use in 1995, and stands restored as a historic site. Another scientific station (Yelcho) was established in 1962 by the Chilean Navy in South Bay on nearby Doumer Island. An emergency shelter was built in 1957 in Alice Creek 150 m south of Goudier Island on the east coast of the island, followed two years later by a larger hut, for use when maintaining a low-frequency electromagnetic aerial and remote receiving equipment. These two huts were removed in 1996 when derelict while Base 'A' on Goudier Island was restored

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Wiencke Island, British Antarctic Territory, Antarctica, South Pole

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Updated: 11 Jul 2013
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Wiencke Island is an island 26 km (16 mi) long and from 3 to 8 km (1.9 to 5.0 mi) wide, about 67 km2 (26 sq mi) in area, the southernmost of the major islands of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island to its north and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The rocky island is mostly covered by glaciers, snow and ice. Some small rocky beaches lie on the western and northern sides of the island. There, some grasses, moss and lichens can be found. There are three mountain ridges, with Nemo Peak, 864 m (2,835 ft) high, to the north-west; Nipple Peak to the north-east; and Luigi Peak, 1,415 m (4,642 ft) high, to the south-west. Luigi Peak is the island's summit, despite it never having been completely surveyed. Minor islands surround it, such as Breakwater Island, 33 m (108 ft) high, 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Cape Astrup, Wiencke's northernmost point. On the south-east coast is Pursuit Point, an Important Bird Area. Near the south-east side is Fridtjof Island, 136 m (446 ft) high, connected to Wiencke by a chain of small rocks and islets. In the vicinity of Cape Willems, the south-easternmost extremity of Wiencke, are the Bob Islands, three in number, of volcanic origin, up to 134 m (440 ft) high. The island seems to have been discovered first by Edward Bransfield on board the brig Williams in January 1820, though he named it a cape. In 1829 Henry Foster (scientist) sailed around the island. In 1873 the German Eduard Dallmann was the first to land on the island, and reported it 'a lovely place'. The island was named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897--99, under Adrien de Gerlache, for Carl August Wiencke, a Norwegian seaman who fell overboard and lost his life on the expedition. Joining Carl on the expedition were Karen and Scott Wiencke, who are thought to have some influence over the naming of the island. Britain set up bases on Deception and in a bay of Wiencke Island in 1944 and another at Hope Bay in 1945, to do weather reporting and to check that there was no German naval activity. Only one of these three bases remains, on in tGoudier Island he bay of Port Lockroy, off Jougla Point, near Wiencke Island's south-western end. An Argentinean light tower was installed in 1947 at Py Point at the southwest end of the Peltier Channel on nearby Doumer Island, and a refuge hut erected in Dorian Bay in 1957, north of Port Lockroy. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) erected a staging hut, known as the Damoy Point refuge, near this Argentinean refuge in 1975 to act as a base for a temporary summer aircraft ice-strip. This was taken out of use in 1995, and stands restored as a historic site. Another scientific station (Yelcho) was established in 1962 by the Chilean Navy in South Bay on nearby Doumer Island. An emergency shelter was built in 1957 in Alice Creek 150 m south of Goudier Island on the east coast of the island, followed two years later by a larger hut, for use when maintaining a low-frequency electromagnetic aerial and remote receiving equipment. These two huts were removed in 1996 when derelict while Base 'A' on Goudier Island was restored

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Another Top 10 Animated Music Videos

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Duration: 13:36
Updated: 10 Jun 2014
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Sometimes music and animation really do go hand-in-hand. Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're counting down our picks for another top 10 animated music videos. Check us out at http://www.Twitter.com/WatchMojo and http://www.Facebook.com/WatchMojo Special thanks to our users Nicholas Aysen, Mikey Webb, 8305kate, LumiLys, Edward Howard, Ariana Taller, Pedro Wichtendal Villar, Elijah Vince De Leon, Georgina Bransfield, aldqbigsquare and Samuel Venegas for submitting the idea on our Suggest Page at WatchMojo.com/suggest Check out the voting page here, http://www.watchmojo.com/suggest/Another%20Top%2010%20Animated%20Music%20Videos If you want to suggest an idea for a WatchMojo video, check out our interactive Suggestion Tool at http://www.WatchMojo.com/suggest :) We have T-Shirts! Be sure to check out http://www.WatchMojo.com/store for more info.

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Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, South Pole

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Updated: 15 Aug 2011
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The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. At the surface, it is the biggest, most prominent peninsula in Antarctica as it extends 1300 km (800 miles) from a line between Cape Adams (Weddell Sea) and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands. Beneath the ice sheet which covers it, the Antarctic Peninsula consists of a string of bedrock islands that are separated by deep channels whose bottoms lie at depths considerably below current sea level and are joined together by a grounded ice sheet. Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America, lies only about 1000 km (620 miles) away across the Drake Passage. The Antarctic Peninsula is currently dotted with numerous research stations and has multiple claims of sovereignty. The peninsula is part of disputed and overlapping claims by Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom. None of these claims have international recognition and the respective countries do not attempt to enforce their claims. The first sighting of the Antarctic Peninsula is disputed but apparently occurred in 1820. The most likely first sighting of the Antarctic Peninsula, and also of the whole Antarctic mainland, was probably on 27 January 1820 by an expedition of the Russian Imperial Navy led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. But the party did not recognize what they thought was an icefield covered by small hillocks as the mainland. Edward Bransfield and William Smith were the first to chart part of the Antarctic Peninsula just three days later on the 30 January 1820. The location was later to be called Trinity Peninsula, and is the extreme northeast portion of the peninsula. The next confirmed sighting was in 1832 by John Biscoe, who named the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula, Graham Land. The first to land on the continent is also disputed. A 19th century seal hunter called John Davis was almost certainly the first, however sealers were secretive about their movements and their logbooks were deliberately unreliable, to protect any new sealing grounds from competition. Between 1901 and 1904, Otto Nordenskiöld led the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, one of the first expeditions to explore parts of Antarctica. They landed on the Antarctic Peninsula in February 1902, aboard the Antarctica which later sank not far from the peninsula with all crew saved. They were later rescued by an Argentine ship. The British Graham Land Expedition between 1934 and 1937 carried out aerial surveys and concluded that Graham Land was not an archipelago but was a peninsula. Agreement on the name Antarctic Peninsula by the US-ACAN and UK-APC in 1964 resolved a long-standing difference over the use of the United States' name "Palmer Peninsula" or the British name "Graham Land" for this feature. This dispute was resolved by making Graham Land the part of the Antarctic Peninsula northward of a line between Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz; and Palmer Land the part southward of that line. Palmer Land is named for the United States seal hunter Nathaniel Palmer. In Chile, the peninsula is officially named O'Higgins Land, after the Chilean patriot and Antarctic visionary. Other Spanish-speaking countries call it "Península Antártica", among them Argentina, who also call it "Tierra de San Martín", and have more bases and personnel there than any other nation. Other portions of the peninsula that were named after various expeditions discovered them include Bowman Coast, Black Coast, Danco Coast, Davis Coast, English Coast, Fallieres Coast, Loubet Land, Nordenskjold Coast and the Wilkins Coast. The 1950s saw a marked increase in the number of research bases as Britain, Chile and Argentina competed to make claims over the same area. Meteorology and geology were the primary research subjects. Since the peninsula has the mildest climate in Antarctica, the highest concentration of research stations on the continent can be found there, or on the many nearby islands, and it is the part of Antarctica most often visited by tour vessels and yachts. Occupied bases include Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, Bellingshausen Station, Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base, Rothera Research Station and San Martín Base. Today, on the Antarctic Peninsula there are many abandoned scientific and military bases. Ice core and sediment samples from the peninsula are valuable because events such as the Little Ice Age can be verified with samples from other continents. Argentina's Esperanza Base was the birthplace of Emilio Marcos Palma, the first person to be born in Antarctica.

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Pope Meets U.S. Catholic Church Leaders

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Updated: 08 Oct 2013
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American Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Monday (October 7) led a visit of high-ranking members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) at the Vatican. The delegation including the Archbishop of Louisville, Joseph Edward Kurtz, USCCB Secretary General Monsignor Ronny E. Jenkins and Associate General Secretary Monsignor J. Brian Bransfield were given a private audience by Pope Francis. Pope Francis and his American guests could be seen laughing heartily as they sat around a table for talks. No details were immediately available of the content of the discussions.

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Antarcitca: Admiralty Bay

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Duration: 10:22
Updated: 09 Mar 2009
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Recorded February 21, 2009. We continue sailing down the Antarctic Peninsula on cruise day #9 of my 16-day cruise. In this video we sail down the Bransfield Strait and past the Arctowski Research Station on King George Island. We stop ship in Admiralty Bay at which time several Polish scientists sail out to our ship on their zodiac boats. Once on board Captain Edward Perrin welcomes them and one of the scientists tells us about his station. At the end of the video there is a beautiful rainbow across the Bransfield Strait as we sail away from the area. From: http://timvp.com

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SCGBALT - Standard - Finals - Zach Jesse vs Justin Bransfield

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Updated: 29 Jan 2014
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SCGBALT - Standard - Round 1 - Brian Braun Duin vs Edward Redmond

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Updated: 29 Jan 2014
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Super Hero Scientist

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Updated: 24 Mar 2014
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Super Hero Scientist by Joan Bransfield Graham recorded by Danielle Doeckel for TWU LS 5663 Bibliography: The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science Edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong (Pomelo Books 2014) Works Cited: Video Made using Animoto and Screencasat-O-Matic Music: Henry Parsley and Louis Edwards. Electricology. Copyright-free music provided by Animoto.com. 23 Mar. 2014. http://animoto.com. Images: Science Super Hero: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hirosheridan/1305805829/sizes/m/in/photolist-2ZoAzB-32fyQv-33fXan-33fXWP-4fd1sL-4fwFKR-4fwG9F-4fwGgR-4fAFwJ-4fANjd-4sJkQZ-4z6bWz-4DtSYh-4EfqLg-4JBJt8-4KWrRr-4MjfUY-4ZjEmS-5632oc-581evF-5iVQBM-5j93oW-5qMriV-5qMrzt-5qMsY2-5qPo48-5qR54e-5qR5Rr-5qR6f6-5qRKUE-5qRMoJ-5qVpUA-5r3BF4-5r7PaP-5wTEmJ-5JHqmw-5KTK3T-5Ugt4p-5UkQuW-61QLPd-6842cy-6aD7Cj-6mTpBU-6CHTed-74aqFv-8AGY8Q-hn5Uae-csuFsd-7R7ajg-hNxJc5-8jkHf8/ Supplies: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Lab_glassware.jpg Hand Washing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dfataustralianaid/10727628013/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Gloves: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surgical_gloves_21.JPG Goggles: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tessawatson/3217755142/sizes/m/in/photolist-5UkQuW-8hK93j-hNxJc5-csuFsd-h97QoF-9uHTJ4-7QVCG3/ Microscope: http://www.flickr.com/photos/octopushat/590865605/sizes/m/in/photolist-UdkL2-21bwfw-28sjsP-28sjC8-28sjMg-3nK4oV-3XaVjz-3YCum2-4cCZYT-4BfvNT-4BjN13-4BjN9h-4QfPgY-4ZknrD-4ZpJrh-5aSdkH-5d92QM-5d9Rdv-5x1Trn-5Dxsfr-5DBKxb-5M5cyG-5NR4Pp-5R8nQe-5R8nQR-5R8oda-5RBXNj-5TWABt-5TWB9Z-5TWCJV-5TWCMM-5U1VEq-5Xm7aW-5Xmd19-5YX8dt-68E61X-6gi6Nf-6gBj3T-6iYFWo-6jgvKj-6jnvYM-6otGpL-6qBR9k-6tvhHj-6urMdZ-6uvXL1-6xsLJf-6AM4TP-6AQWvT-6AQWT4-6AQZyg/ Shelf: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54008757@N06/4996913553/sizes/m/in/photolist-8ByuiX-bmH49t-a8mqdX-92Q1uU-88QxrR-92LRyi-bdReJD-g2jpvQ-88TMa3-88QyCP-88TM1o-fPY6T8-8tsSYA-fjLTXL-9N89pu-e6FCRa-j7k4Ns-daKS5A-9N89pL-dug7MS-dmcCo3-diBRcN-iHnmJM-7C5Vd7-8rK7Ua-dMyDjD-dM6D7H-kzbLFt-kzeVA5-cmHsNS-m9xVNX-aUvrcp-7ZyHtq-m1ayB8-m1az9R-m1bsZL-m19YNi-m19Zor-duyiHd-8o5Mkz-8rR87S-7H7SdD-bg1aoc-95F91t-9pBrw9-9N89pS-8vCCaq-eQnLps-c6dP1o-9mbUAZ-9RHTFp/ Kid Superhero: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wactout81/5416260011/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Female Scientist: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronpk/5156900716/sizes/m/in/photolist-8RGsVj-83MaP9-jKQCgz-arjfxR-9Gr9M1-8it79j-9GPRNp-dK3MHw-8FzZMi-aa731a-8zaQk1-ftdtY8-cemPYd-gbDFyG-a5xdpc-7YnDYg-gHJ9zR-jz2So7-84Adpb-84Adow-jR1a2p-bmMhxz-bmMhUz-bmMhei-ctAbmU-9KXZDV-efVuzU-9bLsbP-9fJy7o-kyCH9v-bqakSg-8pdhw9-biyZZk-7HPxgg-8vwqse-cmYowU-dSgbGx-aHBuPP-dPKPfY-aYSVFR-8PCwt2-gZ7YKW-atXxSw-86UNxA-bzaQEk-8F3qvT-9C8RWC-9C63dn-du5L3o-bA6jGT/ *All images royalty and copyright-free.

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