GALLERY: HMS Protector arrives in Antarctica

HMS Protector in Maxwell Bay [Picture: LA(Phot) Arron Hoare, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]

Work boat Terra Nova on her way to Jubany Station, the Argentine base situated in Potter Cove on the Antarctic Peninsula [Picture: LA(Phot) Arron Hoare, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]

Jubany Station in Potter Cove on the Antarctic Peninsula [Picture: LA(Phot) Arron Hoare, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]

Captain Peter Sparkes (right) is greeted by the Jubany Station Commander (second left) during HMS Protector's informal visit to Jubany Station [Picture: LA(Phot) Arron Hoare, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]

Survey motor boat James Caird IV at work in Potter Cove [Picture: LA(Phot) Arron Hoare, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]

An iceberg encountered by the survey motor boat James Caird IV in Potter Cove [Picture: LA(Phot) Arron Hoare, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]

Elephant Island in the South Shetlands was visited by HMS Protector during her first ice work period in Antarctica [Picture: LA(Phot) Arron Hoare, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]