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Thursday 2 July 2020

A scientific expedition to the South Sandwich Islands

Earlier this year, volcanologist Emma Liu and colleagues went on a scientific voyage to the South Sandwich Islands to conduct a field study of the volcanoes and measure the volcanic gas emissions from Zavodovski, Candlemas, Saunders, and Bellingshausen islands.

You can read more detail about the expedition in this link here: https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gmpv/2020/03/04/five-hundred-miles-from-civilisation-exploring-active-volcanism-in-the-south-sandwich-islands/

Meanwhile, here is a small selection of pics (used with permission) she took during the expedition.

Summit crater of Mount Curry, Zavodovski Island.

Lucifer Hill and the lava fields on the north side of Candlemas Island.

Mount Michael emitting a gas plume, Saunders Island.

The crater rim of Basilisk Peak on Bellingshausen Island.