Photo Captions

1. View of CTAM (Central Trans-Antarctic Mountains) camp from recreation route above and behind the camp (Photo Credit: Josh Scarrow).
2. View down towards the bottom of the Ong Valley, one of three 6-day field sites. Note the terminal morraine ridge and strongly patterned ground (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
3. View towards the head of the Ong Valley, with small alpine glacier (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
4. Josh Scarrow (left) and Peter Almond (right) walking through typical bouldery patterned ground terrain in the Ong Valley (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
5. Restored soil pit in the Ong Valley; the pit was approximately 1-2 m in front of Josh (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
6. Soil profile in granitic colluvial material at head of Ong Valley (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
7. Josh Scarrow (left) and Peter Almond (right) discussing the finer details of profile description, at the head of the Ong Valley. Note the difference in colour between the excavated material and the ground surface (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
8. Peter Almond (in pit) and Josh Scarrow (standing) describing a soil profile on a terminal morraine ridge in less-than-ideal conditions in the Ong Valley (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
9. Ong Valley camp half-packed up for camp move to Dominion Range (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
10. Taking a break and airing out sleeping bags on a no-fly day at end of Ong Valley field camp (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
11. Typical soil profile at the Dominion range, glacial ice is present at shallow depths (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
12. View from helicopter of Beardmore lateral morraines at the Dominion Range (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
13. View from helicopter of Beardmore lateral morraines at the Dominion Range, note marked colour differences between the dolerite-dominated (red) and conglomerate-dominated (grey) “morraine belts” (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
14. Peter Almond conducting detailed profile description at the Otway Massif. Note the strong staining/desert varnish on the surface, in comparison to excavated material (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
15. Soil profile at Otway Massif. Note the clear “depth of staining” and a strong salt pan that was up to 5 cm thick (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
16. Typical soil profile at the Dominion range, glacial ice is present at shallow depths (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
17. CTAM (Central Trans-Antarctic Mountains) camp, approximately 1800 m above sea level, and 600 km soth of Scott Base.
18. Peter Almond (standing) and Josh Scarrow (sitting) conducting a recce of the area from halfway up a scree slope at Mount Achernar (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
19. Restored soil pit (foreground) in morraine material at Mount Achernar (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
20. Typical morraine-ridge terrain in foreground, with the remarkable Mount Achernar in the background (Photo credit: Errol Balks).
21. View of CTAM (Central Trans-Antarctic Mountains) camp from helicopter. This camp was exceptionally well supplied and organised (thanks to USAP), and made our time in the Beardmore Glacier region both possible and enjoyable (Photo credit: Errol Balks).