Haskell Strait, Antarctica

On rare occasions sea-ice breakout exposes the north-west corner of the Strait which becomes navigable and vessels can actually moor off Scott Base.

Apsley Cherry-Garrard describes Scott parties’ attempts to get themselves and their ponies off disintegrating sea ice, past patrolling orca, and onto the Barrier.

[4] Scott Base, the New Zealand scientific research station, was established during the International Geophysical Year 1957 and overlooks Haskell Strait.

It is also the western gateway to the Ross Ice Shelf cavity – an enormous, essentially unknown, body of water.

[5] Such water influences sea ice growth which in turn affects climate processes at a global scale.