By 2004 the islet had disappeared from the Ross Sea.
The Ross Sea is the relatively peaceful, predictable, and safe.
During the summers they nest in colonies along the coast of the Ross Sea, and they've been doing so for centuries.
There was also a small aquarium with marine creatures from under the Ross Sea.
"I'm going out that door and head off for the Ross Sea before I cook for him."
The Aurora survived for less than a year after her final return from the Ross Sea.
Those men on the Ross Sea did not know about the Endurance - how could they?
Together, they ventured south, becoming the first ships to penetrate the pack ice east of the Ross Sea.
To the north over the Ross Sea the sky is dark, but to the south it is beautiful and clear.
She was headed for the southern Ross Sea, the last whale stronghold left.