We went out to look at the pressure ridges close to Scott Base (New Zealand's research station). Pressure ridges are formed when the sea ice collides with the ice shelf or land. When the two collide the ice is lifted up and creates some very impressive ice/snow formations. There is a flagged route out there, but we still have to go with a tour guide. The tour guides are volunteers that works here in McMurdo that are doing these tours on their spare time. Our tour guide was Kathleen that is a lab research assistant in the Crary lab during the day.
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| Scott Base |
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| Castle Rock in the background |
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