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Queen Maud Land 302 images Created 14 Jun 2021

Big-wall climbing to seldom-visited Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, including Alex Lowe, Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, Rick Ridgeway, Michael Graber and Gordon Wiltsie ascending Rakekniven 'The Razor', a 1,700 foot overhanging granite fin poking through ice a mile thick. A National Geographic expedition and National Geographic Magazine cover story.  (film)

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  • Midnight sun glows on the  Muhlig-Hofman Mountains in western Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 0643.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Ulvetanna and the Drygalski Mountains
    QM 1120.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  Fenris Mountains. 2931m Ulvetanna bkg. Midgard on right.
    QM 1227.jpg
  • Expedition members ski near the Fenris Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Mount Ulvetanna is the large peak in the left background.
    QM 4771.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Michael  Graber (MR) jumars overhang on Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mts.
    QM 5433.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Alex Lowe places a cam for protection, aid climbing high on Rakekniven spire in the Filchner Mts.
    QM 5584.jpg
  • Jon Krakauer & Conrad Anker ski below the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 5974.jpg
  • Conrad Anker ascends a rope high on Rakekniven ("The Razor"), a towering granite fin in the Filchner Mountains of Antarctica's Queen Maud Land.  Behind are the Fenris Mountains.
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  • After climbing the right hand skyline of Rakekniven Spire in Antarctica, mountaineers Conrad Anker and Jon Krakauer ski atop the mile-thick icecap surrounding it.
    QM 7100.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker near summit of Mt.Kubus. Filchner Mts.bkg. Queen Maud Land.
    QM 7633.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Twin Otter-supported reconnaissance expedition camps on Ronne Ice Shelf en route to Queen Maud Land.
    QM 0309.jpg
  • A deserted landscape of wind-sculpted snow stretches to the horizon.
    QM 0357.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Pilot Greg Stein looks out at storm that has grounded reconnaissance expedition to Queen Maud Land for 3 days.
    QM 0420.jpg
  • Mike Sharp talks on short wave radio from a tent in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
    QM 0464.jpg
  • Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
    QM 0531.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Aerial reconnaissance expedition to Queen Maud Land refuels from cache near Vahsel Bay, where Jet A costs more than Scotch whisky.
    QM 0534.jpg
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  • ANTARCTICA. Nunataks in the Kirwan Escarpment of Queen Maud Land.
    QM 0623.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Kong Olav Fjell (L) and Gessnertind (bkg.), in Muhlig-Hoffman Mts.
    QM 0764.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Fenris Mts., including (L to R) Ulvetanna, Kinntanna & Holtanna, rise above polar icecap.
    QM 0817.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Fenris Mountains. Holtedahl Mountains distant bkg. Highest point is 2931m Ulvetanna.
    QM 0826.jpg
  • Mount Ulvetanna (R) & the Fenris Mountains tower over the Fenris Glacier.
    QM 0839.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  Fenris Mountains.  Front to Rear: Holtanna (2650m), Holsttind (2577m), Kinntanna (2721m) & Ulvetanna (2931m) (View almost due north).
    QM 0855.jpg
  • Mounts Kinntanna, Stetind & Ulvetanna (L to R) in the Fenris Mountains, Antarctica.
    QM 0862.jpg
  • Lonely mountains poke through a mile-thick glacier in Queen Maud Land.
    QM 0888.jpg
  • Mike Sharp sets up a tent in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.  Mt. Ulvetanna and Fenris Mountains in background.
    QM 0915.jpg
  • An expedition sets up camp below the Fenris Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
    QM 0916.jpg
  • Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.	Writing in a notebook in a tent with the Ulvetanna peak beyond.
    QM 0935.jpg
  • A mapping expedition camps near the Fenris Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
    QM 0955.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Fenris Mountains. North face of 2931m Ulvetanna.
    QM 1103.jpg
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Mount Ulvetanna and Fenris Mountains.
    QM 1119.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  Fenris Mountains.  L to R: 2455m Mundlanuga, 2650m Holtanna, 2577m Holsttind (sub-peak of Holtanna), 2721m Kinntanna, Stetind, 2931m Ulvetanna.  Sigyn Glacier foreground.
    QM 1135.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  Fenris Mountains.  North face of 2931m Ulvetanna (in sun).  2721m Kinntanna on left. Sigyn Glacier bkg.
    QM 1155.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  Fenris Mountains.  L to R: Holtanna (2650m), Holdsttind (2577m), Midgard (bkg), Kinntanna (2721m), Stetind, Ulvetanna (2931m).
    QM 1175.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  Fenris Mountains. 2721m Kinntanna and Stetind (R) Sigyn Glacier foreground.
    QM 1191.jpg
  • Antarctica, Queen Maud Land.  Fenris Mountains and Fenris Tongue Glacier.
    QM 1194.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  Fenris Mountains. Right to Left: Holtanna (2650m) (west face), Holsttind (2577m), Kinntanna (2721m) & Ulvetanna (2931m). Fenristunga Glacier ("Tongue of the Fenris Wolf") foreground.
    QM 1201.jpg
  • Antarctica, Queen Maud Land.  Fenris Mountains. Unnamed peaks in front of  2931m Ulvetanna and Fenris Tongue Glacier. Holtedahl Mountains far background.
    QM 1232.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Fenris Mountains. Queen Maud Land. (L to R): Mts. Ulvetanna, Kinntanna and Holtanna.
    QM 1266.jpg
  • A wind-blown bare ice glacier glistens near the Wolthat Mountains.
    QM 1635.jpg
  • A rock-strewn glacier flows out of the Wolthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 1715.jpg
  • Rock spires tower over glaciers in the Wolthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 1752.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA.  British polar veterans David Rootes & Jonathan Walton use GPS to map potential bare ice runways in aerial survey of Queen Maud Land.
    QM 1783.jpg
  • A survey team travelling in a Twin Otter ski plane scouts for a bare-ice landing strip for wheeled C-130 aircraft at a site that will later be named "Blue One,"  near the Fenris Mountains in Queen Maud Land.
    QM 1946.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Jonathan Walton use laser theodolite to survey windswept, bare ice glacier for future use as landing strip for large, wheeled aircraft.
    QM 2044.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Hikers on bare ice glacier near Filchner Mountains.
    QM 2116.jpg
  • A ski plane is dwarfed by an immense bare ice glacier in Queen Maud Land.
    QM 2230.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Midnight sun over wind-swept, bare-ice glacier near Fenris Mountains.
    QM 2238.jpg
  • Midnight sun shines over a bare ice glacier & the Fenris Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Survey team crosses wind-blown, bare-ice glacier below Fenris Mountains. Mount Ulvetanna background.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Holtedahl Mts. Fenris Mts. & Mt. Ulvetanna bkg.
    QM 2619.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA,  Queen Maud Land.   Ski-equipped Twin Otter lands on glacier near Wohlthat Mts.
    QM 2715.jpg
  • Mike Sharp looks out window of Twin Otter in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 2791.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Towers in northeast Sor Rondane Mts.
    QM 2830.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Indian freighter unloads supplies for Maitri science base at edge of ice shelf on Princess Astrid Coast.
    QM 3033.jpg
  • Large ice floes drift past the edge of a land-fast ice shelf.
    QM 3044.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Windy campsite in Queen Maud Land.
    QM 3117.jpg
  • Mike Sharp and Jonathan Walton at Maitri Science Base (India), in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 3228.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Restaurant and clutter at Russia's Novolazarevskaya science base.
    QM 3236.jpg
  • Russian workers load empty fuel drums in storm near Novolazarevskaya science base.
    QM 3312.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Queen Maud Land. Russian workers load empty fuel drums in storm at Novolazarevskaya science base.
    QM 3316.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Queen Maud Land. Wind generator destroyed by 100+ mph gusts at Russia's Novolazarevskaya science base.
    QM 3370.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Rakekniven (The Razor) in Filchner Mts.
    QM 3541.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  The Troll's Castle in Filchner Mountains.
    QM 3593.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Fenris Mountains above Fenris Tongue Glacier (Fenristunga). 2931m Ulvetanna on left.
    QM 3610.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA.  David Rootes & Jonathan Walton  (MR) aboard Twin Otter on long return flight to Patriot Hills after reconnaissance to Queen Maud Land.
    QM 3711.jpg
  • Mike Sharp sleeps in Twin Otter in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 3718.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA.  Pilot Greg Stein emerges from Twin Otter after harrowing white-out landing at Patriot Hills expedition base.
    QM 3734.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA.  Gordon Wiltsie in camp kitchen at Patriot Hills expedition base.
    QM 3806.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Tractor plows rare, deep snow off ice runway at Patriot Hills Base in the Ellsworth Mts.
    QM 3826.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Traveler in high winds at Patriot Hills Base.
    QM 3870.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Camp staffer shovels drifting snow during wind storm, Patriot Hills expedion base, Ellsworth Mts. (80 degrees south latitude).
    QM 3889.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Wheeled C-130 Hercules lands on ice runway at Patriot Hills expedition base in Ellsworth Mountains.
    QM 4023.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land Expedition members celebrating departure to Antarctica. (Alex Lowe & Conrad Anker fgnd.) (MR)
    QM 4152.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA.  C-130 Hercules pilots plot course between Cape Town, South Africa & Queen Maud Land, a pioneering non-governmental flight.
    QM 4168.jpg
  • Alex Lowe glimpses Antarctica's Queen Maud Land for the first time from the cockpit of a C-130 Hercules aircraft, en route to a big wall climbing expedition.
    QM 4171.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Twin Otter taxis on bare ice "Blue One" runway in Queen Maud Land. Fenris Mts. & Mt. Ulvetanna bkg.
    QM 4241.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA.  Blue One expedition base in Queen Maud Land. Fenris Mts. & Mt. Ulvetanna bkg.
    QM 4268.jpg
  • Famed Norwegian artist Vebjorn Sand paints near the Fenris Mountains.
    QM 4303.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Mummified crabeater seal, found 100+ miles inland on bare ice glacier in Queen Maud Land.
    QM 4372.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Alex Lowe looks out Twin Otter window at Rakekniven spire, Queen Maud Land
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  Expedition unloads Twin Otter at Rakekniven base camp in Filchner Mts.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Jon Krakauer & Alex Lowe (MR) celebrate expedition's arrival at Rakekniven base camp. in Filchner Mts.
    QM 4526.jpg
  • A Twin Otter ski plane departs from a mountaineering base camp below Rakekniven spire, in the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 4530.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Twin Otter flies by Ulvetanna & Fenris Mts.
    QM 4549.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Wind-blown snow blows off Mt.Kubus, Filchner Mts.
    QM 4575.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land .  Snow Petrels soar over Rakekniven spire in the Filchner Mts.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Alex Lowe & Jon Krakauer leave base camp for Rakekniven spire in Filchner Mts.  (MR)
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Expedition members below Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mts.  Route follows cracks right of summit.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker makes the first moves up the Razor, Queen Maud Land.
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  • Conrad Anker free climbs low on the huge overhanging face of Rakekniven ("The Razor") in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Conrad Anker (MR) climbs the 1st pitch on Rakekniven spire in the Filchner Mts.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Conrad Anker films Alex Lowe on Queen Maud Land expedition.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Alex Lowe leads pitch 4 up Rakekniven spire (Queen Maud Land). Conrad Anker belays.
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