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A very weathered and textured ice berg near Horeshoe Island in the Bourgeois Fjord, Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. Known for the large tabular ice bergs and sea ice from the Ross ice-shelf, this area is rarely seen by tourists because it is extremely difficult to navigate. Horeshoe Island was established in 1955 as a British Researh Station and closed in 1960. The base was designated as Historic Site No. 63 in 1995. Further repair work, including refelting of the hut roof was undertaken in 1997. The site was inspected by a conservation architect commissioned to study historic buildings in January 2007.