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  • The Fenris Mountains glow in midnight sun, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Mountaineer Michael Graber ascends a satellite peak of the Troll's Castle (bkg.) in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.  Behind is the vast polar plateau.
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  • Mountaineer Michael Graber ascends a satellite peak of the Troll's Castle (bkg.) in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.  Behind is the vast polar plateau.
    QM 7962.jpg
  • Rick Ridgeway takes a break from skiing during an expedition to Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Dawn light illuminates Anvers Island & the Gerlache Strait in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.
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  • Conrad Anker relaxes atop Mount Kubus in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.  The nearby Trolls Castle is in center background and Rakekniven (The Razor) on right.
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  • Expedition members take a break during a ski tour in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Rick Ridgeway eats a granola breakfast during an expedition to Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Gordon Wiltsie photographs a climbing expedition to Rakekniven Spire in the Filchner Mountains of <br />
Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Jon Krakauer in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Rick Ridgeway stands with his camera below Rakekniven spire in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 5714.jpg
  • Rick Ridgeway waits to climb a rope on Rakekniven ("The Razor"), a huge overhanging big wall in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 5612.jpg
  • Rick Ridgeway relaxes at a belay station on the first ascent of Rakekniven Spire in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Mountaineer Rick Ridgeway huddles against the cold during a forced bivouac in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • A Twin Otter ski plane departs from a mountaineering base camp below Rakekniven spire, in the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Rick Ridgeway relaxes at the end of a climbing expedition to Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Rick Ridgeway relaxes in a tent during an expedition to Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Mountaineers communicate by radio during a mountaineering expedition to Queen Maud Land
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  • ANTARCTICA. Nesting brown skuas (Catharacta antarctica) & moss above Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.
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  • ANTARCTICA.  Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) squawks at neighboring birds on Coronation Islands, South Orkney Islands.
    AC 0337.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Twin Otter ski plane flies by 16,067' Mt. Vinson Massif (Antarctica's highest summit).  Ellsworth Mts.
    AX 1226.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Rime from breathing coats face & jacket of Dr. Lis Densmore after becoming 1st woman to climb 16,067' Mount Vinson, Antarctica's highest mountain. (Ellsworth Mountains).
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  • ANTARCTICA. Adventure Network DC-4 takes off from bare ice glacier, Patriot Hills, Ellsworth Mountains.  This was first private aviation company to ferry expeditions to the interior of Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Dr. Ibrahim Abdulhamid Alam, one of first Saudi Arabians to visit South Pole, as a sponsor to Will Steger's Trans-Antarctica Expedition.
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  • ANTARCTICA. 16,067' Mt. Vinson Massif (Antarctica's highest summit).  Ellsworth Mtns.
    AX 1426.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. 16,067' Mt. Vinson Massif (Antarctica's highest summit).  Ellsworth Mts.
    AX 1407.jpg
  • 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) ski on Patton Glacier, Ellsworth Mountains. 15,915' Mt. Tyree bkg. (Antarctica's 2nd highest peak)
    AX 0571.jpg
  • 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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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vaughan Expedition. Norman Vaughan (88) and his guide Vern Tejas in base camp tent. (MR)
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  • A wheeled C-130 Hercules lands on a bare ice glacier in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, carrying an expedition to climbing the background Filchner Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Ski mountaineer Mike Farny jumps icy serac on Mount Berry, Calley Glacier, Danco Coast during Warren Miller ski movie filming.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mike Sharp navigates across featureless snow with sextant readings off sun while guiding South Pole Ski Expedition in 1988.
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  • Tourist cruise in a zodiak raft under towering glacial seracs that calve into Paradise Bay, Antarctica.
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  • Dawn light illuminates Anvers Island & the Gerlache Strait in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.
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  • The Troll's Castle and Filchner Mountains cast long shadows at midnight, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.  (Mount Gessnertind & Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains bkg.)
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  • Filchner Mountains, Antarctica.	Alex Lowe bivouacs near the summit of Troll's Castle.
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  • Alex Lowe & Conrad Anker exult after climbing Rakekniven spire in the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.  (Picture 009)
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  • MOUNTAINEERING, ANTARCTICA.  Alex Lowe hugs Conrad Anker atop Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mts., Queen Maud Land. Jon Krakauer on right.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Alex Lowe & Conrad Anker(MR) camped on Patton Glacier, Ellsworth Mountains.
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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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  • Alex Lowe (MR) climbs on Peak 3950m ("Pyramid Peak") in Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains.
    AX 0168.jpg
  • Alex Lowe and Conrad Anker stand at the bottom of Pyramid Peak in the Ellsworth Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    AX 0120.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Ski expedition member parasails in katabatic winds on vast polar icecap near Ellsworth Mountains, at 80 degrees south latitude.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), covered in beach sand, bellows to warn off intruder, King George Island.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Ski mountaineer Mike Farny (MR) jumps icy serac on Mount Berry above Calley Glacier, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.
    AM 0851.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Mike Farny (MR), taking a snow bath, Calley Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula
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  • ANTARCTICA. Weddell seal sleeps on snowy beach on King George Island in South Shetland Islands, near the Antarctic Peninsula.
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  • Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. A climber atop Mount Shinn, third highest peak on the continent.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vinson Expedition. Dr.Lis Densmore (MR) builds snow wall below continent's highest summit to protect camp from high polar winds. Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains.
    AG 2106.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Nesting Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) sits on egg, Peterman Island.
    AC 1239.jpg
  • A Twin Otter ski plane flies by the 16,067' Mount Massif, Antarctica's highest mountain.
    AX 1235.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Alex Lowe (MR) climbs Mount Bearskin (2850m) in northern Ellsworth Mountains.  Mount Tyree background.
    AX 0302.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  Mountaineer pees in a barrel. Antarctic protocol is to fly out anything imported to the continent, including human waste.
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  • Michael Graber (MR) climbs lower slopes of The Troll's Castle in the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 7835.jpg
  • Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. An expedition skier ascends Mount Kubus in front of Troll's Castle.
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  • Alex Lowe relaxes in a hanging Portaledge camp 1700 feet above the glacier on Rakekniven ("The Razor"), a massive overhanging cliff in the Filchner Mountains of Queen Maud Land Antarctica.
    QM 6245.jpg
  • Rick Ridgeway jumars up steep east face of Rakekniven Spire, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 6076.jpg
  • Rick Ridgeway jumars up steep slopes of Rakekniven, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 6073.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker free climbs high on Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
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  • Rick Ridgeway stands in front of Rakekniven Spire, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.	Writing in a notebook in a tent with the Ulvetanna peak beyond.
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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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  • ANTARCTICA. Conrad Anker (MR) sets up tent in violent storm near Mt.Vinson, Ellsworth Mts.
    AX 2136.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA.  Ski-equipped Twin Otter lands on Patton Glacier, Ellsworth Mts.
    AX 0993.jpg
  • Mountaineers Conrad Anker and the late Alex Lowe descend the Patton Glacier below 4852-meter Mount Tyree, Antarctica's second highest mountain.
    AX 0572.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker (MR) climbs Mt. Bearskin (2850m), Ellsworth Mountains.
    AX 0474.jpg
  • Conrad Anker climbs on Peak 3950m ("Pyramid") in Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains.
    AX 0159.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Wheeled DC-4 that crashed Thanksgiving day, 1993, carrying dogs & supplies for Norman Vaughan expedition.
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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.
    AV 4070.jpg
  • 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.
    AV 4062.jpg
  • Vern Tejas (MR) nears the  summit of Mount Vaughan in the Trans-Antarctic Mountains, Antarctica.
    AV 3338.jpg
  • 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.
    AV 3052.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. 2525-meter Mount Zanuck in the Gothic Mountains, which are part of the Queen Maud Range, of the extensive Trans-Antarctic Mountains.
    AV 0706.jpg
  • 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.
    AV 0673.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Mountains above Lemaire Channel, a top tourism destination separating the Antarctic Peninsula (lower left) from Booth Island, (background and right), which is often called "Kodak Gap."
    AT 7449.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Hikers on polar icecap below Patriot Hills, Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • Sun and Lenticular clouds over a bare ice glacier near the Patriot Hills in Antarctica's southern Ellsworth Mountains.
    AT 4541.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Alejo Contreras Staeding parasails in katabatic winds on polar icecap near Patriot Hills at 80 degrees south latitude. Three Sails nunataks bkg.
    AT 4457.jpg
  • SOUTHERN FUR SEAL (Arctocephalus gazella), Melchior Island, South Shetland Islands, near Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
    AT 3214.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Nesting Gentoo Penguins, Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula near Argentina's Primavera Base.
    AM 1997.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Ski mountaineer Brian Sisselman (MR) in powder snow on Detroit Plateau, above Calley Glacier, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.
    AM 0989.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Skier Kevin Andrews (MR) in powder snow, Detroit Plateau, Danco Coast, Ant. Peninsula.
    AM 0806.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Mountaineering. Mike McDowell atop 15,292' (4661m) Mount Shinn, third highest peak on continent. (Ellsworth Mountains)
    AG 2441.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA. Nunataks south of Vinson Massif in Ellsworth Mountains. Vast polar plateau in background.
    AG 1963.jpg
  • Dawn light illuminates Anvers Island & the Gerlache Strait in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.
    AC 0858.jpg
  • Rick Ridgeway warms himself in morning sun while climbing a  satellite peak of the Troll's Castle, Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 7988.jpg
  • Conrad Anker & Alex Lowe climb the summit spire of The Troll's Castle, in the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
    QM 7940.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker skis Mount Kubus in Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
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  • Conrad Anker relaxes near the summit of Mount Kubus with the Filchner Mountains in the background, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Picture 018.  Conrad Anker watches Alex Lowe wash his hair in Rakekniven base camp,  Filchner Mts, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING, ANTARCTICA. Alex Lowe in Portaledge camp 1700' up Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
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  • Rick Ridgeway jumars up to a belay station on the vertical east face of Rakekniven Spire, Queen Maud, Antarctica.
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  • Rick Ridgeway stands under Rakekniven spire, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker leaves base camp, Ulvetanna bkg.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Michael Graber (MR) waits out a storm and whiteout in base camp for a big wall climbing expedition to the Filchner Mountains. Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags hang in background
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  • ANTARCTICA, Conrad Anker high on Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Mike Graber ascends rope on overhanging cliff on Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mountains.
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  • 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.
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