The pressure ridges are the result of the sea moving beneath the ice and buckling and cracking the ice above it. The ice is starting to get softer with the warmer temperatures so the ice is moving around more and creating some great formations. These formations are huge and some are almost 15 ft tall.
To start off my Thanksgiving holiday weekend I went down to hike through the pressure ridges. It was a warm day, about 30 degrees, and no wind. What a wonderful way to start the weekend.
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| The pressure from the waves is breaking up the sea ice |
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| Some impressive cracks in the ice |
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| Melt pools-where the water melts on top of the ice. |
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Castle Rock is the small rock to the left, Mt Erebus is the
volcano in the middle |
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