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Webcams in Antarctica

These webcams are courtesy of the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and the AWS/AMRC. These images are maintained by Ronald Ross of Stanford University. To see his webcam sites, please visit www.thistle.org/nascent and www.thistle.org/penguin. Much of the information/pictures provided on this page are courtesy of Ronald Ross. This page is updated at 20:00 GMT.

B-15K Iceberg Webcam Images

This webcam is located on the south side of the B-15K iceberg facing Beaufort Island, located at 76 55.685S 167 02.451W. There are six sets of images shown - one looking at the tip of the B-15K iceberg, three looking at various parts of Beaufort Island, and one looking at Mt. Erebus. Finally, there are a set of images from a nearby penguin colony, which is no longer available in real-time. Images begin on 4 December 2004 for the images depicting B-15K, 11, 18, and 19 January 2005 for the images depicting the North, center, and South sides of Beaufort Island, and 19 January 2005 for the images depicting Mt. Erebus. The images showing the penguin colony are from 8 December 2004 to 6 January 2005.

Click on pictures below to get the latest webcam image from each area:


Mt. Erebus & Mt. Bird	South Beaufort Is.	Center Beaufort Is.	North Beaufort Is.	B-15K Tip

Realtime Webcam Pictures:

Click on the links below to view all the available days with a webcam image. A small picture will appear next to days on which there is an image available. The page updates daily. Click on the "large" images to view a larger thumbnail picture. This page will take longer to load.

Small		Large
2005	2004	2005	2004
B-15K Tip	B-15K Tip	B-15K Tip	B-15K Tip
Beaufort Island (North)		Beaufort Island (North)
Beaufort Island (Center)		Beaufort Island (Center)
Beaufort Island (South)		Beaufort Island (South)
Mt. Erebus and Mt. Bird		Mt. Erebus and Mt. Bird
Zoomed in Image of B-15K		Zoomed in Image of B-15K

Archived Images from Penguin Cam:

Small		Large
2005	2004	2005	2004
January Penguin Images	December Penguin Images	January Penguin Images	December Penguin Images

Nascent Iceberg Webcam Images

A display of iceberg images courtesy of the University of Chicago, Ronald Ross of SSDL at Stanford University, and the AWS/AMRC, showing images from the Nascent iceberg. The camera faces the rift, and is located at 78 08.580S 178 29.437W. View photos from the deployment of the webcam at the photo gallery. Images begin on 02 November 2004. Shown below is scenes looking across the rift at the Nascent location, down but alongside the rift, and up but alongside the rift.


Down Rift	Across Rift	Up Rift

Click on the links below to view all the available days with a webcam image. A small picture will appear next to days on which there is an image available. The page updates daily.

Small		Large
2005	2004	2005	2004
Down Nascent Rift	Down Nascent Rift	Down Nascent Rift	Down Nascent Rift
Across Nascent Rift	Across Nascent Rift	Across Nascent Rift	Across Nascent Rift
Up Nascent Rift	Up Nascent Rift	Up Nascent Rift	Up Nascent Rift

Please note!! Images from February 29, 2004 to March 4, 2004 for the C-16 and Williams Field webcams have the incorrect day posted on the image. For example, February 29, 2004's image says that it is actually March 1, 2004.

C-16 Iceberg Webcam Images

A display of iceberg images courtesy of the University of Chicago, Ronald Ross of SSDL at Stanford University, and the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, showing images from the C-16 iceberg. The camera is on the northeast side of C-16 facing B-15A. Images are available from January to April, 2004, until the webcam became inoperational. Click here to learn more about the C-16 iceberg webcam. Click on the link below to view all the available days with a webcam image. A small picture will appear next to days on which there is an image available. The page updates daily.

2004 C-16 Images (Small)
2004 C-16 Images (Large)

Willie Field Webcam Images

A display of webcam images courtesy of the University of Chicago, Ronald Ross of SSDL at Stanford University, and the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, showing images from the Williams Field airfield near McMurdo. Images show the Automatic Weather Station located on site. Images are available from January to May, 2004, until the webcam became inoperational. Click on the link below to view all the available days with a webcam image. A small picture will appear next to days on which there is an image available. The page updates daily.

2004 Willie Field Images (Small)
2004 Willie Field Images (Large)

Scott Base Webcam Images

A display of Scott Base Webcam Images from the New Zealand hub of operations at Scott Base, located adjacent to McMurdo.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants Nos. OPP-0537827, OPP-0338147, and OPP-0230028. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Science Foundation.