title         = 'Steen Mogensen, Antarctica';
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majorCaption  = new Array( 'Another helicopter ride. When the chopper arrives, or leaves, we have to stay clear of the rotors and out of the wind.', 'Big Razor Back Island in the forground and Little Razor Back Island to the left of it. Mt Erebus as always smoking. Our camp is just visible on the ice to the left of Big Razor Back.', 'Flying past McMurdo station. The area on the ice in front of McMurdo is known as the \"Transition Zone\". This is where all the huts and other gear is assembled before deployment.', 'Little Razor Back island and Big Razor Back in the upper left corner. Again you can just see the camp on the ice to the right of Big Razor Back island. The island in the top right corner is called Tent Island.', 'Swimming lessons have started. Mom is preparing the hole for the pup to get in and out of the water. She grinds the ice with her teeth.', 'Sometimes it takes a little convincing to get Junior to try the water!', '\"Hmmmm .... I\'m not too sure about this!! It\'s really dark down there!\"', '\"No no no! Over here Junior!\"', '\"OK, I\'ll give it a try then!\"', '\"On second thought ... I dont think I am ready for this yet!\"', '\"This doesnt seem right!\"', '\"I am defenitely not ready for this yet!\"', '\"Does this count as the first swim?\"', '\"Oh dear, what are we going to do with you Junior!\"', 'The mom will often help the pup in .. or out of .. the hole.', 'Some of the colonies we visit are hard to get to. This area, called \"North Base\", requires us to rope up to stay out of trouble.', 'An overnight snow cover gives everything a new look.', 'A little snow doesnt bother us much though.', 'We have a frequent visitor in the fishing hut. We have named him \"Wally\"! Wally uses the hole to get some air now and then.', 'Last week Wally stopped by with the catch of the day! This is a \"D. mawsonii\", also called Antarctic Cod. We saw him coming on the sonar, but it was a surprice that he brought a fish up.', 'Wally wasnt too impressed with us grabbing the \"Mawsonii\" and pulling it up from the hole. We did give it back to him though and he quickly disapeared down under.', 'Weddell pup version of sucking the thumb!', 'One of only 2 bird species that are seen here, a \"Skua\". These birds arrive here when the seal pups and the penguin chicks are born. They find plenty of food.', 'Pup, curious about what is going on around it.', 'Pup, just having fun, not really caring much about what is going on around it!', 'Calling for mom.' );
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