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Ronne Ice Shelf

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Ron·ne Ice Shelf  (rn, rn)
An area of shelf ice in western Antarctica south of the Weddell Sea.


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Later, at her request, the name was changed to the Ronne Ice Shelf, to match the name of the Ross Ice Shelf and to honor her husband and his father, a member of the Roald Amundsen expedition that reached the South Pole in 1911.
The Canadians' journey took them from Hercules Inlet on Antarctica's Ronne Ice Shelf to the South Pole.
Ray Zahab, Kevin Valley and Richard Weber arrived at the South Pole on Wednesday after battling blizzards, blisters and boredom during a 33-day, 23-hour and 30 minute trek from Hercules Inlet on the Ronne Ice Shelf.
 
 
 
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