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Antarctica - Vaughn Expedition - 1993 63 images Created 14 Jun 2021

Mountaineers guide octogenarian Norman Vaughan up Mount Vaughn in the Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica
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  • ANTARCTICA. 88-year old Norman Vaughan first glimpses mountain in Trans-Antarctic Range named after him by Richard Byrd in 1929. He climbed it 2 weeks later.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vaughan Expedition. 88-year old Norman Vaughan below 10,302' Mount Vaughan, located less than 300 miles from South Pole and named for Norman in 1929 by explorer Richard Byrd. Norman climbed the peak in December 1994, 2 days shy of his 89th birthday.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Mountains, Mountaineers climb ridge on Mt. Vaughan.
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  • ANTARCTICA.  Norman Vaughan, 88, climbs steep ridge on first ascent of Mount Vaughan,  a 10,302-foot mountain, near the South Pole, that was named for him by Richard Byrd in honor of his participation in Byrd's 1929 expedition to fly over the Pole. Carolyn Muegge-Vaughan bkg.
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  • Climbers on first ascent of Mount Vaughan in Trans-Antarctic Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Mountaineer in crevasse on Mt. Vaughan. Queen Maud Mtns. (Trans-Antarctic Range). Alejo Contreras Staeding (MR)
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  • ANTARCTICA, Alejo Contreras checks for hidden crevasses at Camp Gould.
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  • ANTARCTICA.  Norman Vaughan, 88, climbs towards summit on first ascent of Mount Vaughan, a 10,302-foot mountain near the South Pole that was named for him by Richard Byrd in honor of his participation in Byrd's 1929 expedition to fly over the Pole.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mountaineers on Mt. Vaughan.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Mountains. Vern Tejas (MR) on false summit of 10,302-foot Mount Vaughan, near the South Pole in the Queen Maud Mountains, part of the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains.  Mount Goodale bkg.
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  • Mountain Guide Vern Tejas surveys the Trans-Antarctic Range while leading octagenarian Norman Vaughan up a mountain named for him by Admiral Richard Byrd in 1929.
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  • Gordon Wiltsie stands atop a sub summit of Mount Vaughan while guiding Norman Vaughan up his namesake mountain in the Trans-Antarctic Mountains of Antarctica.
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  • Vern Tejas (MR) nears the  summit of Mount Vaughan in the Trans-Antarctic Mountains, Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Climber (MR) near summit of Mt. Vaughan.
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  • ANTARCTICA.  Norman Vaughan, 88, exhausted as he climbs towards summit on first ascent of Mount Vaughan, a 10,302-foot mountain near the South Pole that was named for him by Richard Byrd in honor of his participation in Byrd's 1929 expedition to fly over the Pole. He summit two days before his 89th birthday. Carolyn Muegge-Vaughan background. Trans-Antarctic Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA, 88-year old Norman Vaughan near summit of mountain named for him by Adm.Byrd.
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  • A Hercules C-130 unloads on the blue ice runway at Patriot Hills in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica.
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  • A Twin Otter ski plane lands in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica - part of the Trans-Antarctic range.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vaughan Expedition. 88-year Norman Vaughan practices crevasse rescue technique at Patriot Hills base.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vaughan Expedition. 88-year old Norman Vaughan talks on satellite phone at Patriot Hills Expedition base.
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  • ANTARCTICA. 2525-meter Mount Zanuck in the Gothic Mountains, which are part of the Queen Maud Range, of the extensive Trans-Antarctic Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vaughan Expedition. Norman Vaughan (88) and his guide Vern Tejas in base camp tent. (MR)
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  • ANTARCTICA. Summit Glacier and icefall on unnamed 3440-meter peak just south of Mount Vaughan in the Queen Maud Mountains, a part of the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains.
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  • Unnamed summits rise in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Mountaineer Vern Tejas on Mount Vaughan in Queen Maud Mountains, part of the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains. Cappellari and Amundsen Glaciers bkg.
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  • Ice fog and haze hang over the Amundsen Glacier and Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Cinematographer atop outcrop in Queen Maud Mountains, a part of vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Climbers atop a peak near Mount Vaughan in Trans-Antarctic Mountains, Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vaughan Expedition (Queen Maud Mountains region of Trans-Antarctic Mts.), Climbers on south ridge on 10,300' Mt. Vaughan.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Mountains, Mountaineers climb ridge on Mt. Vaughan.
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  • ANTARCTICA, 88-year old Norman Vaughan climbs with "Zippy", a symbol  of Vaughan's dog mushing for Richard Byrd in 1929.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vaughan Expedition. Camp I (Camp Goodale) on north ridge of Mount Vaughan.  Base camp with Twin Otter ski planes bkg.
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  • 88-year old Norman Vaughan and his wife Carolyn wait out a storm during their first ascent of Mount Vaughan, which was named after Norman for his service with Richard Byrd in 1929.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Vern Tejas guides Norman Vaughan (88) & wife Carolyn up mountain named for Norman in 1929 by Admiral  Byrd.  (MR)
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  • ANTARCTICA, Team moves up to Camp Crockett.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Mountaineer (MR) digs out after during a blizzard at Camp Two during first ascent of 10,302-foot Mount Vaughan, near the South Pole. Later, winds blew over the snow walls and nearly crushed the tents.
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  • Guide Vern Tejas melts water during a storm on mountaineering expedition to lead 88-year old Norman Vaughan up a mountain named for him in Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA. 88-year old Norman Vaughan, exhausted, near summit of mountain named for him by Richard Byrd in 1929.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Norman Vaughan,88, & "Zippy" on summit of Mt. Vaughan after first ascent.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vaughan Expedition. Carolyn Muegge-Vaughan lights 89 birthday "candles" for Norman Vaughan atop 10,302' summit named for him by Richard Byrd.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Unnamed summits in Queen Maud Mountains, a range of the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains.
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  • Norman and Carolyn Muegge Vaughan look back in triumph and exhaustion after they made the first ascent of Mount Vaughan in Antarctica, 2 days shy of Norman's 89th birthday.
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  • 88-year old Norman Vaughan exhausted after first ascent of an Antarctic mountain named after him (Mount Vaughan.)
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vaughan Expedition. Norman & Carolyn Vaughan back in base camp after climbing Mt. Vaughan, named for Norman by Richard Byrd in 1929.
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  • Antarctica. Organ Pipe Peaks in the Gothic Mountains, a range of Queen Maud Mountains, in the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains.  Mount Andrews & Sanctuary Glacier background.  Albanus Glacier far bkg.
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  • Antarctica. Organ Pipe Peaks in the Gothic Mountains, a range of Queen Maud Mountains, in the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains
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  • Antarctica. Organ Pipe Peaks and Mount Andrews in the Gothic Mountains, a range of Queen Maud Mountains, in the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains. Sanctuary Glacier foreground, Albanus Glacier background.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Organ Pipe Peaks in Gothic Mountains, a subrange of Queen Maud Mountains, part of the vast Trans-Antarctic Range.  Peak 2340m back center. Mount Andes rear left & Evans Butte rear right, behind Albanus Glacier. Sanctuary Glacier behind Organ Pipes.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Twin Otter ski plane flies over Organ Pipe Peaks in Gothic Mountains, a subrange of Queen Maud Mountains, in the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains. Sanctuary Glacier behind Organ Pipes.  1900m Mount Harkness foreground.  Bkg. (L to R): Mount Danforth, 2481m Mount Andrews, 2520m Mount Gerdel, Peak 2340. Far bkg: 2385m Mount Gould & 2524m Mount Andes (R), behind Albanus Glacier.  Horizon is Leverett Glacier. Lower Left is Scott Glacier.
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  • A Twin Otter ski plane flies over the Gothic Mountains in Queen Maud Range of the Transantarctic Mountains (86 deg.S.)
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  • ANTARCTICA. Organ Pipe Peaks in Gothic Mountains, a subrange of Queen Maud Mountains, in the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains. Sanctuary Glacier background.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Gothic Mountains (foreground), part of the Queen Maud Mountains in the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains. Front to back: Organ Pipes Peaks, Sanctuary Glacier, Mount Andrews, Albanus Glacier, Mount Gould, Leverett Glacier.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Thiel Mountains and wind-carved sastrugi on polar ice cap 300 miles from South Pole.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Wheeled DC-4 that crashed Thanksgiving day, 1993, carrying dogs & supplies for Norman Vaughan expedition.
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