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The configuration of the Bay of Whales continuously changed. A survey by the second Byrd expedition in 1934 determined that the feature lay at the junction of two separate ice systems, the movements of which are influenced by the presence of Roosevelt Island. Commander Glen Jacobsen,
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Keys, Harry; Jacobs, S.S.; Barnett, Don (11 June 1990). "The calving and drift of iceberg B-9 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica".
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The Bay of Whales was entirely eliminated in 1987 when the 154-kilometre-long (83 nmi)
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The Whale Bay Furrows, a series of undersea valleys on the central
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Map depicting the location of the Bay of Whales on the
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research vessel using the Bay of Whales ice harbour
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Bay of Whales is located in Antarctica
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Ross Ice Shelf
Antarctica

RV Nathaniel B. Palmer

harbour
iceport
Ross Ice Shelf
Roosevelt Island
Antarctica
ocean
Gould Coast
South Pole
Ernest Shackleton
Nimrod Expedition
whales
quest for the South Pole
Norwegian
Roald Amundsen
Framheim
Fram
logistical support
Richard E. Byrd
third expedition
USN
USS Atka
calving
ice shelf

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