page_title: Atka Iceport
hierarchical_section_title: Atka Iceport
caption_attribution_description: Research vessel POLARSTERN at the shelf ice edge of Atka Bay, Antarctica, supplying the German overwintering station NEUMAYER II; farewell with the overwintering team shortly before leaving to Prydz Bay (leg ANT-XXIII/9).
context_page_description: Atka Iceport, also known as Atka Bay, is an iceport about 10 miles long and wide, marking a more-or-less permanent indentation in the front of the Ekstrom Ice Shelf on the coast of Queen Maud Land.
context_section_description: Atka Iceport, also known as Atka Bay, is an iceport about 10 miles (16 km) long and wide, marking a more-or-less permanent indentation in the front of the Ekstrom Ice Shelf on the coast of Queen Maud Land.
caption: Icebreaker RV Polarstern in Atka Bay, serving Germany's Neumayer-Station III
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