High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bay of Whales is a natural ice harbor, or iceport, indenting the front of Ross Ice Shelf just north of Roosevelt Island. The feature was named by Ernest Shackleton in the Nimrod on January 24, 1908, because of the large number of whales seen he saw at this location. The Bay of Whales served as the base for several important Antarctic expeditions, including: 1910-1912: Amundsen's South Pole expedition, led by Roald Amundsen

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