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The Backer Islands are a chain of small islands at the south side of Cranton Bay. The islands trend northwest for 22 kilometers (12 nmi) from the ice shelf which forms the southern limit of the bay.

In 2011, scientists from the POLar Earth-observing NETwork (POLENET) traveled to the Backer Islands via a Twin Otter aircraft and installed a GPS monitoring site. This equipment is used to remotely monitor GPS and seismic data that will help scientists determine trends in ice sheet movement and other geophysical phenomena.

Photographer: Ellie Boyce (UNAVCO)

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-'''''[[Endurance]]''''' was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir [[Ernest Shackleton]] sailed for [[Antarctica]] on the 1914 [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]]. She was launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway and was crushed by [[ice]], causing her to sink three years later in the [[Weddell Sea]] off Antarctica.
+The '''[[Backer Islands]]''' are a chain of small islands at the south side of [[Cranton Bay]]. The islands trend northwest for 22 kilometers (12 nmi) from the [[ice shelf]] which forms the southern limit of the bay.
-The name "Endurance" has been assigned to [[Westarctica]]'s training simulator, WS ''Endurance'' which is used by the Naval Detachment of the [[Westarctican Royal Guards]] to simulate space warfare with the militaries of allied [[micronation]]s.
+In 2011, scientists from the POLar Earth-observing NETwork (POLENET) traveled to the Backer Islands via a Twin Otter aircraft and installed a GPS monitoring site. This equipment is used to remotely monitor GPS and seismic data that will help scientists determine trends in ice sheet movement and other geophysical phenomena.
-<p><small>Photographer: Unknown</small></p>
+<p><small>Photographer: Ellie Boyce (UNAVCO)</small></p>
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