Iceberg B-9
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Iceberg B-9 was an iceberg that calved from Antarctica in 1987. It measured 154 kilometres long and 35 kilometres wide; it had a total area of 5,390 square kilometres, and is one of the longest iceber
Iceberg B-9B colliding with the Mertz Glacier Tongue calving the Mertz iceberg, 20 February 2010
Mawson's Huts
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Mawson's Huts are a collection of buildings located at Cape Denison, in the far eastern sector of the Australian Antarctic Territory, some 3,000 km south of Hobart, Tasmania. The huts were erected and
Iceberg B-9
…to mark the centenary of the polar voyage of Australian explorer Douglas Mawson who had landed at Cape Denison on January 8, 1912, and constructed a complex of huts, which remain standing. These ships attempted to reach the cape, but had to turn back, in light of unusually harsh conditions caused by B-9B's position…
View of Mawson's Huts during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1911.
View of Mawson's Huts in February 2006, a year after the site was designated an Australian National Heritage Site.