George VI Ice Shelf surrounding mountainsGeorge VI Ice Shelf is flanked on both sides by high mountains, reaching over 2500 m in places. Those in Palmer Land are mostly covered by the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet and the ice streams that discharge into the ice shelf. Bare rock exposed is entirely of Mesozoic igneous and metamorphic rocks. The Alexander Island mountains in contrast are sedimentary and volcanic, although of similar age (Jurassic-Cretaceous). A major fault, running along the axis of the ice shelf, separates these two geological regions. | |||
 Small ice cap on Mt Edgell, Palmer Land, adjacent to sea-ice covered George VI Sound. |  Arêtes and cirques feeding Eureka Glacier, a fast-flowing ice stream that formerly flowed into George VI Ice Shelf before its retreat. |  Fluted snow and ice on the mountains of Palmer Land near Eureka Glacier. |  Fluted snow and bergschrund on mountain projecting through the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet, Palmer Land. |
 Mountains to the south of Bertram Glacier viewed from ice ridges at Ablation Lake. |  Alpine peaks in the mountain range between Millett and Bertram glaciers, seen from Ablation Lake. |  Jurassic-Cretaceous sedimentary and volcanic rocks form the cliffs bordering the west side of George VI Ice Shelf between Ablation Lake and Fossil Bluff. | |
| Photos Michael Hambrey, November and December 2012. | |||