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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Sounds of Antarctica, Sounds of Chile, Sounds of New Zealand, Sounds of Norway, Sounds of Scotland, Sounds of Sweden, Sounds of the Arctic Ocean, Marlborough Sounds, Pentland Firth, McMurdo Sound, Pelorus Sound, Milford Sound, Yell Sound, Wilkins Sound, Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound, Gutter Sound, Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand, Sound of Islay, Tennyson Inlet, Sound of Harris, Sound of Sleat, Penzance Bay, Svinesund, Sound of Arisaig, Sound of Jura, Seno Otway, Peacock Sound, Uyeasound, Skarnsund, Herbert Sound, Kenepuru Sound, Inner Sound, Scotland, Firth of Tay, Prince Albert Sound, Admiralty Sound, Balta Sound, Eynhallow Sound, Kilbrannan Sound, Clestrain Sound, Sound of Bute, Antarctic Sound, Soay Sound, Active Sound, Bluemull Sound, Yalour Sound, Denmark Sound, Ongul Sound, Sound of Mull, Sound of Iona, Knarreviksundet. Excerpt: The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km (35 mi) long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet (4,205 m) on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary. Ross Island, an historic jumping-off point for polar explorers, designates the eastern boundary. The active volcano Mt Erebus at 12,448 feet (3,794 m) dominates Ross Island. Antarctica's largest science base, the United States' McMurdo Station, as well as New Zealand's Scott Base are located on the island's south shore. Less than 10 percent of McMurdo Sound's shoreline is ice-free. Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound, which is about 800 miles (1,300 km) from the South Pole, in February 1841 and named it after Lt. Archibald McMurdo of HMS Terror. The sound today serves as a re-supply route for cargo vessels and for aircraft that land upon floating ice airstrips near McMu...
