Antarctic Sound

bow of the Vavilov surrounded by ice ice Antarctic tern ice ice

The Antarctic Sound, named for the Larsen expedition ship the "Antarctic" which sank here in 1903, rather than for its location, is iceberg alley. Ice calving off the Weddell Sea's ice shelves to the south is driven through this passage by prevailing winds and currents.

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