Antarctica's Remote, Towering Mountains: Part 2 (PHOTOS)
Category: TRAVEL
Standing 45 miles out from the mountain front across McMurdo Sound, Ross Island boasts the world's southern most active volcano, Mt. Erebus, with a continuously convecting lava lake at its summit.
By Ed Stump, Contributor
Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona St..., 2012-12-24