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  Fogwill, C.J., Turney, C.S.M., Golledge, N.R., Rood, D.H., Hippe, K., Wacker, L., Wieler, R., Rainsley, E.B., Jones, R.S. 2014a. Drivers of abrupt Holocene shifts in West Antarctic ice stream direction determined from combined ice sheet modelling and geologic signatures. Antarctic Science 26, 674–686.

  Fogwill, C.J., Turney, C.S.M., Meissner, K.J., Golledge, N.R., Spence, P., Roberts, J.L., England, M.H., Jones, R.T., Carter, L. 2014b. Testing the sensitivity of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to Southern Ocean dynamics: past changes and future implications. Journal of Quaternary Science 29, 91–98.

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  Golledge, N.R., Kowalewski, D.E., Naish, T.R., Levy, R.H., Fogwill, C.J., Gasson, E.G.W. 2015. The multi-millennial Antarctic commitment to future sea-level rise. Nature 526, 421–425.

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  Jones, R.T., Turney, C.S.M., Lang, B., Brooks, S.J., Rundgren, M., Hammarlund, D., Björck, S., Fogwill, C.J. 2017. Delayed maximum northern European summer temperatures during the Last Interglacial as a result of Greenland Ice Sheet melt. Geology 45, 23-26.

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  McGlone, M.S. 2002. The late Quaternary peat, vegetation and climate history of the southern oceanic islands of New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews 21, 683–707.

  McGlone, M.S., Turney, C.S.M., Wilmshurst, J.M., Pahnke, K. 2010. Divergent trends in land and ocean temperature in the Southern Ocean over the past 18,000 years. Nature Geoscience 3, 622-626.

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  Mengel, M., Levermann, A. 2014. Ice plug prevents irreversible discharge from East Antarctica. Nature Climate Change 4, 451–455.

  Metcalf, J.L., Turney, C., Barnett, R., Martin, F., Bray, S.C., Vilstrup, J.T., Orlando, L., Salas-Gismondi, R., Loponte, D., Medina, M., De Nigris, M., Civalero, T., Fernández, P.M., Gasco, A., Duran, V., Seymour, K.L., Otaola, C., Gil, A., Paunero, R., Prevosti, F.J., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Wheeler, J.C., Borrero, L., Austin, J.J., Cooper, A. 2016. Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation. Science Advances 2, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501682.

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  Morrison, K.W., Battley, P.F., Sagar, P.M., Thompson, D.R. 2015. Population dynamics of Eastern Rockhopper Penguins on Campbell Island in relation to sea surface temperature 1942–2012 : current warming hiatus pauses a long-term decline. Polar Biology 38, 163–177.

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  Shadwick, E.H., Rintoul, S.R., Tilbrook, B., Williams, G.D., Young, N., Fraser, A.D., Marchant, H., Smith, H., Tamura, T. 2013. Glacier tongue calving reduced dense water formation and enhanced carbon uptake. Geophysical Research Letters 40, 904–909.

  Tamura, T., Williams, G.D., Fraser, A.D., Ohshima, K.I. 2012. Potential regime shift in decreased sea ice production after the Mertz Glacier calving. Nature Communications 3, 826.

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  Trathan, P.N., Forcada, J., Murphy, E.J. 2007. Environmental forcing and Southern Ocean marine predator populations: Effects of climate change and variability. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 362, 2351–2365.

  Turney, C.S.M., Kershaw, A.P., Clemens, S.C., Branch, N., Moss, P.T., Fifield, L.K. 2004. Millennial and orbital variations of El Niño/Southern Oscillation and high-latitude climate in the last glacial period. Nature 428, 306–310.

  Turney, C.S.M., Jones, R.T. 2010. Does the Agulhas Current amplify global temperatures during super-interglacials? Journal of Quaternary Science 25, 839–843.

  Turney, C., Fogwill, C., Van Ommen, T.D., Moy, A.D., Etheridge, D., Rubino, M., Curran, M.A.J., Rivera, A. 2013. Late Pleistocene and early Holocene change in the Weddell Sea: a new climate record from the Patriot Hills, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica. Journal of Quaternary Science 28, 697–704.

  Turney, C.S.M., Fogwill, C.J., Klekociuk, A.R., van Ommen, T.D., Curran, M.A.J., Moy, A.D., Palmer, J.G. 2015. Tropical and mid-latitude forcing of continental Antarctic temperatures. The Cryosphere 9, 2405–2415.

  Turney, C.S.M., Jones, R.T., Fogwill, C., Hatton, J., Williams, A.N., Hogg, A., Thomas, Z.A., Palmer, J., Mooney, S., Reimer, R.W. 2016. A 250-year periodicity in Southern Hemisphere westerly winds over the last 2600 years. Climate of the Past 12, 189–200.

  Turney, C.S.M., Palmer, J., Bronk Ramsey, C., Adolphi, F., Muscheler, R., Hughen, K.A., Staff, R.A., Jones, R.T., Thomas, Z.A., Fogwill, C.J., Hogg, A. 2016. High-precision dating and correlation of ice, marine and terrestrial sequences spanning Heinrich Event 3: Testing mechanisms of interhemispheric change using New Zealand ancient kauri (Agathis australis). Quaternary Science Reviews 137, 126–134.

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  Ernest Shackleton and the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1916)

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  Hurley, F. 1914–1916. The Imperial Tran-A ntarctic Expedition Diaries can be viewed online at http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/frank-hurleys-diaries. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

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  Shackleton, E. 1912. The future of exploration
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  Worsley, F.A. 1931. Endurance: An Epic of Polar Adventure. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York.

  Douglas Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914)

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  Mawson, P., 1964. Mawson of the Antarctic. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, London.

  Braving the storm. The first science expedition to Cape Denison, East Antarctica, 1912.

  (Frank Hurley, Australasian Antarctic Expedition. National Library of Australia: nla.obj-141758511 )

  Reflecting on the loss of two friends. Douglas Mawson (second from right) shortly before leaving Cape Denison, December 1913.

  (Frank Hurley, Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: aae_36558)

  The Endurance trapped in the long Antarctic winter night, 1915.

  (Frank Hurley, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Royal Geographical Society: S0000143)

  Icebergs were an ever-present threat to the trapped Endurance, 1915. Note the two figures, circled at the base of the berg, for scale.

  (Frank Hurley, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: a285010)

  Partying to keep up morale, Shackleton style.

  (Frank Hurley, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Scott Polar Research Institute: P66/19/81)

  Frank Hurley and Ernest Shackleton at Ocean Camp, November 1915.

  (Reginald James, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: a423107)

  Launching the James Caird for South Georgia, April 1916.

  (Frank Hurley, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: a423095)

  A seriously endangered species. A New Zealand sea lion on the subantarctic Auckland Islands.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Refuge in the Southern Ocean: Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Hanging out, communicating science with the locals, Snares Island.

  (Anthony Ditton/Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Heading south on the MV Akademik Shokalskiy.

  (Andrew Peacock/footloosefotography.com/Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  The Endurance navigating sea ice.

  (Frank Hurley, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Scott Polar Research Institute: P66/19/39)

  Entering the “pack” hasn’t changed much in 100 years.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  The Akademik Shokalskiy working through the ice.

  (Annette Turney/Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Looking on. The Akademik Shokalskiy approaching the sea-ice edge.

  (Cara Turney/Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Adélie penguins at the sea-ice edge, Commonwealth Bay.

  (Annette Turney/Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  My wonderful family at Commonwealth Bay.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Erik and team members drilling sea ice in Commonwealth Bay.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Kerry measuring seawater properties from the sea-ice edge

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Made it! Chris and I outside Mawson’s Huts, Cape Denison. Now on with the science program.

  (Eleanor Fogwill/Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  The unstoppable all-terrain Argos parked up at Mawson’s Huts.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Two men and a dog. Ben, Stay, and I heading out from Cape Denison on our 35-mile sea ice journey back to the Akademik Shokalskiy.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Pyramids of ice, Commonwealth Bay.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  The view from the top deck on the morning we were trapped.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  The Akademik Shokalskiy trapped by a breakout of decade-old sea ice.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Icebergs off the Antarctic coast.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  The team preparing the helipad for evacuation.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  The helicopter evacuation.

  (Andrew Peacock/footloosefotography.com/Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  Evacuation from the ice.

  (Andrew Peacock/footloosefotography.com/Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  The view from above. Decade-old sea ice as far as the horizon.

  (Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–14)

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Earth scientist CHRIS TURNEY is the author of 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica, Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened, and Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past. His numerous awards include the Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal for pioneering research into climate change (2007). He is currently Professor of Climate Change and Earth Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia. You can learn more about Chris’s research and expeditions at www.christurney.com and www.intrepidscience.com.

 

 

 


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