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The '''[[Crosson Ice Shelf]]''' is an [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] [[ice-shelf|ice shelf]], about 35 miles (56 km) wide, north and northeast of [[Mount Murphy]] along the [[Walgreen Coast]] of [[Westarctica]]. The ice shelf is nurtured by the [[Smith Glacier|Smith]], [[Pope Glacier|Pope]], Vane, and [[Haynes Glacier|Haynes]] Glaciers. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66.
'''''[[Terra Nova]]''''' was a whaler and polar expedition ship. She is best known for carrying the 1910 [[Terra Nova Expedition]], [[Robert Falcon Scott]]'s last expedition to the [[South Pole]].


Crosson Ice Shelf was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander W.E. Crosson, [[U.S. Navy]], Commanding Officer of the Antarctic Construction Group during Operation Deep Freeze 1973.
In 1909, ''Terra Nova'' was bought by Captain Robert Falcon Scott of the Royal Navy for the sum of £12,500, as expedition ship for the [[Terra Nova Expedition]] of 1910. Reinforced from bow to stern with seven feet of oak to protect against the [[Antarctic]] ice pack, she sailed from Cardiff Docks on 15 June 1910 under overall command of Captain Scott. He described her as "a wonderfully fine ice ship.... As she bumped the floes with mighty shocks, crushing and grinding a way through some, twisting and turning to avoid others, she seemed like a living thing fighting a great fight."


<p><small>Photographer: John Sonntag/Nature</small></p>
<p><small>Photographer: Herbert Ponting</small></p>
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Terra Nova was a whaler and polar expedition ship. She is best known for carrying the 1910 Terra Nova Expedition, Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition to the South Pole.

In 1909, Terra Nova was bought by Captain Robert Falcon Scott of the Royal Navy for the sum of £12,500, as expedition ship for the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910. Reinforced from bow to stern with seven feet of oak to protect against the Antarctic ice pack, she sailed from Cardiff Docks on 15 June 1910 under overall command of Captain Scott. He described her as "a wonderfully fine ice ship.... As she bumped the floes with mighty shocks, crushing and grinding a way through some, twisting and turning to avoid others, she seemed like a living thing fighting a great fight."

Photographer: Herbert Ponting

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