Scientists and support staff on the bow of the icebreaker out past the sea ice channel.
Old and new sea ice clogging the channel broken open by the coast guard cutter. Penguins, seals, Orca (Killer) whales and Minke whales can often be seen in and at the edges of the sea ice channel.
Mt Erebus, an active volcano, as seen from the ice breaker in McMurdo sound. Note the plume of steam coming out of the mountain top.