              National Geographic Photo of the Day: Nunatuk

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South Georgia Island, 1998 Photograph by Maria Stenzel Crowned by snowy
fog, a nunatuk, or mountain peak rising from a plane of ice, looms over
South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. This icy crest was
first crossed in 1916 by Ernest Shackleton and his Antarctic crewand
was soon crossed again by a team sent to rescue them.

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