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AX 100 images Created 17 May 2021

AX - Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica
Description: Climbing mountains in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica with mountaineers Alex Lowe + Conrad Anker. 
Details: Photos captured in Antarctica from 1997 

This is part of the AlpenImage Photography Archive, a vast image collection from around the world shot by Gordon Wiltsie. For more information about this gallery, or to browse the entire archive explore our interactive database at https://www.alpenimage.com/database
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  • Alex Lowe and Conrad Anker stand at the bottom of Pyramid Peak in the Ellsworth Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Gordon Wiltsie on south ridge of Peak 3950m in the Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker (MR) climbs on Peak 3950m ("Pyramid") in the Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • Conrad Anker climbs on Peak 3950m ("Pyramid") in Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • Alex Lowe (MR) climbs on Peak 3950m ("Pyramid Peak") in Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Alex Lowe (MR) atop a pinnacle on 2850-meter Mount Bearskin in the Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • Alex Lowe (MR) atop a sub pinnacle on Mount Bearskin, Ellsworth Mts., Antarctica.
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  • A small, ski-equipped Cessna flies over the  Antarctica's southern Ellsworth Mountains
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  • ANTARCTICA, Alex Lowe (MR) climbs Mount Bearskin (2850m) in northern Ellsworth Mountains.  Mount Tyree background.
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  • Alex Lowe (MR) climbs on Mt. Bearskin, Ellsworth Mts., Antarctica.  Mt. Tyree bkg.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING, ANTARCTICA. Alex Lowe climbs on Mount Bearskin in the Ellsworth Mts. Mt. Tyree, the 2nd highest summit in Antarctica bkgnd.
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  • A mountain climber summits Mount Bearskin.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Alex Lowe (MR) climbs Mount Bearskin (2850m) above Patton Glacier in Ellsworth Mountains. 4852m Mount Tyree bkg., 2nd highest peak on continent.
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  • Alex Lowe climbs the east ridge of Mount Bearskin in the northern Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. Mount Tyree, 3rd highest peak on the continent, is on right.  Vinson Massif, highest point, is in far background.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Alex Lowe (MR) climbs Mount Bearskin (2850m) in the Ellsworth Mountains.  Mount Tyree (4852m), the continent's 2nd highest mountain is in background on right and Mount Vinson (4897m), the highest massif, is in left background.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Alex Lowe (MR) climbs Mount Bearskin (2850m) in the Ellsworth Mountains.  Mount Tyree (4852m), the continent's 2nd highest mountain is in background on right and Mount Vinson (4897m), the highest massif, is in left background.
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  • Mountaineers Conrad Anker and the late Alex Lowe ascend the east ridge of Mount Bearskin, above the Patton Glacier in Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker (MR) climbs Mt. Bearskin (2850m), Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • Antarctica. Alex Lowe & Conrad Anker (MR) ski on Patton Glacier. Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA Alex Lowe & Conrad Anker (MR) ski on Patton Glacier, Ellsworth Mountains. 15,915' Mt. Tyree bkg. (Antarctica's 2nd highest peak)
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  • Mountaineers Conrad Anker and the late Alex Lowe descend the Patton Glacier below 4852-meter Mount Tyree, Antarctica's second highest mountain.
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  • Antarctica. Alex Lowe, Conrad Anker & Dave Hahn (MR) approach Mt. Tyree. Ellsworth Mts.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Alex Lowe (MR) on Patton Glacier after climbing 15,915' Mount Tyree, Antarctica's 2nd highest summit, in the Ellsworth Mts.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Alex Lowe & Conrad Anker(MR) camped on Patton Glacier, Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Alex Lowe & Conrad Anker(MR) camped on Patton Glacier, Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA.  Ski-equipped Twin Otter lands on Patton Glacier, Ellsworth Mts.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Twin Otter ski plane flies by 16,067' Mt. Vinson Massif (Antarctica's highest summit).  Ellsworth Mts.
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  • A Twin Otter ski plane flies by the 16,067' Mount Massif, Antarctica's highest mountain.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Twin Otter flies by 16,067' Mt. Vinson, Ellsworth Mts.  (Highest mountain on the continent).
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  • ANTARCTICA. 16,067' Mt. Vinson Massif (Antarctica's highest summit).  Ellsworth Mts.
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  • Mt. Vinson Massif (16, 059') Antarctica's highest summit. Ellsworth Mts.
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  • ANTARCTICA. 16,067' Mt. Vinson Massif (Antarctica's highest summit).  Ellsworth Mtns.
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  • Mt. Vinson Massif (16, 059') Antarctica's highest summit. Ellsworth Mts.
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  • The seldom-seen northeast side of Mount Tyree (4852m), Antarctica's second highest mountain, towers above the Patton Glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • A guide leads mountaineers back to base camp after a multi-day ascent of Mount Vinson, the highest summit in Antarctica.
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  • A note explains camp etiquette to mountaineers visiting Adventure Network's Mount Vinson Base Camp.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mountaineering.  Toilet barrels for flying out human waste from Mount Vinson base camp, Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Expedition ties down Twin Otter in violent storm near Mt.Vinson, Ellsworth Mts.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker (MR) in violent storm near Mt.Vinson, Ellsworth Mts.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Conrad Anker (MR) sets up tent in violent storm near Mt.Vinson, Ellsworth Mts.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Alex Lowe (MR) runs beside bare ice glacier below Patriot Hills, Ellsworth Mts.
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  • A humorous "weather station" invented by staff at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expedition base, the only private aviation hub in Antarctica.
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  • A cook (Michael Holmes) for the dining tent at Adventure Network's  Patriot Hills expediton base serves dinner made from fresh food flown in from South America.  On right is Mike Sharp, base manager.
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  • A cook (Michael Holmes) serves dinner in the dining tent at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base, the first private aviation hub in Antarctica.
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  • A cook (Michael Holmes) serves fish for dinner in the dining tent at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base, the first private aviation hub in Antarctica.
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  • Anne Kershaw and Fran Orlo admire a birthday card painted by Conrad Anker (not shown) in the dinning tent at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base.
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  • Clients and staff at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base gather for dinner in the main dining tent, which is decorated for Christmas.
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  • Staff at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base gather for a portrait
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  • A cook at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base descends into a snow cave used as a huge outdoor freezer.
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  • Michael Holmes, a cook at Patriot Hills expedition base near Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains, collects meal ingredients from a huge snow cave that is used as a freezer.
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  • Staff at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base stand above a  snow cave they dug.
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  • Staff at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base gather for an informal party in a snow cave they dug.
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  • Staff at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base gather for an informal party in a snow cave they dug.
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  • Staff at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base gather for an informal party in a snow cave they dug.
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  • Staff at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base gather for an informal party in a snow cave they dug.
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  • Staff at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base gather for an informal party in a snow cave they dug.
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  • Staff at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expediton base gather for an informal party in a snow cave they dug.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Damaged, ski equipped Twin Otter at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills expedition base.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Igloo built by climbers at Patriot Hills expedition base in the Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • A worker at Adventure Network's Patriot Hills Expedition base ferries empty fuel drums to a C-130 Hercules that has landed on a bare ice runway.
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