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  • Expedition members ski near the wind-whipped Filchner Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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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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  • 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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  • A member of a  National Geographic archaeology expedition rides his horse below the Pumasilla (Puma's Claws) peaks above Quebrada Moyoc, a deep valley in  Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains.
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  • A pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition descends from Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon (Quebrada Moyoc).
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  • A pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition rests atop Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains..
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  • Members of a National Geographic archaeology expedition cross Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon (Quebrada Moyoc).
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  • Members of a National Geographic archaeology expedition cross Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to a site on Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon below them.
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  • A pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition crosses Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon (Quebrada Moyoc).
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  • Sherpa sirdar [expedition leader] Pasang Kami ties a prayer flag to a swinging bridge over the Dudh Kosi River en route to peaks near Mount Everest.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Expedition porters trek through lowland rain forests towards Mount Everest Base Camp during monsoon rains in August.
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  • SKI MOUNTAINEERING, Great Himalaya Range, India. Jay Jensen (MR) atop Gulol Pass,  during ski mountaineering expedition across Himalaya from Ladakh to Kashmir.
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  • Ski mountaineer Allan Pietrasanta squeezes with two companions into a small two-person tent during a pioneering two-week ski expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range, from Ladakh to Kashmir.
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  • Using a short, thin rope, ski mountaineer AllanPietrasanta rappels from trees to tree into the Warwan River Gorge during a pioneering two-week ski expedition from Ladakh to Kashmir across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • A Ski Mountaineers crosses a stream in the Warwan Valley, en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski Mountaineers camp in the snowy Warwan Valley en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski mountaineers set up a camp in the Warwan Valley of India's Great Himalaya Range during a two-week expedition crossing the mountains from Ladakh to Kashmir.
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  • Ski mountaineers camp in the Warwan Valley of India's Great Himalaya Range during a two-week expedition crossing the mountains from Ladakh to Kashmir.
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  • Ski Mountaineers break camp amidst blowing spindrift in the snowy Warwan Valley, en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski mountaineer Jay Jensen makes turns in knee deep powder below 16,000 foot Warwan Pass during a pioneering two-week ski expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range, from Ladakh to Kashmir.
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  • Ski Mountaineers cross Warwan Pass en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski Mountaineers descend Warwan Pass en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Bearing a heavy pack, ski mountaineer Allan Pietrasanta telemarks in knee deep powder below 16,000 foot Warwan Pass during a pioneering two-week ski expedition from Ladakh to Kashmir, across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • A Ski Mountaineers crosses Warwan pass, en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski Mountaineers cross Warwan Pass en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski Mountaineers cross Warwan Pass en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski Mountaineers cross Warwan Pass en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Expedition (MR) in slot canyons below huge Shipton's Arch in arid Kara Tagh Mts. near Taklimakan Desert.
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  • CORDILLERA SARMIENTO EXPEDITION. Philip Lloyd, drenched after descending into rainy jungle after retreat from glacial high camp in unexplored Patagonian mountain range.
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  • CORDILLERA SARMIENTO EXPEDITION, Patagonia, Chile. Tyler Van Arsdell (MR) digs out storm-choked snow cave entrance during blizzard with 100+ mph winds & soggy temperatures barely below freezing.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Canada. Great Sail Peak.  Route of National Geographic-sponsored first-ascent expedition goes up the North Face, just right of central summit gully.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. A rock climbing expedition prepares to lower huge haul bags that are used to drag food, water and equipment up a big wall climb.  This load was so heavy that the friction generated by a braking device almost melted the rope.
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  • Expedition members exult after the first ascent of the north face of Great Sail Peak, an arctic big wall climb on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child (MR) sets up tent in snowstorm during Great Sail Peak expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) clowns during Arctic big-wall climbing expedition on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Jared Ogden (MR) during big wall climbing expedition to Great Sail Peak in Stewart Valley.
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  • The late mountaineer Alex Lowe washes & shaves in an expedition base camp on Canada's Baffin Island
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Greg Child (MR) bouldering at base camp during big wall climbing expedition to Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) harnesses up at start of Great Sail Peak big wall climbing expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada.  Expedition snowmobiles up Stewart Valley towards Sail Peaks (bkg).
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Alex Lowe & Mark Synott (MR) set up tent in a blizzard north of the Arctic Circle, near Sam Ford Fjord, en route to climbing expedition north of Clyde River.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND. Greg Child goofs off in Clyde River, en route to big wall climbing expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND. Mark Synnott talks on phone to fiancee before departing Clyde River, enroute to 2-month big wall climbing expedition.
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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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  • ANTARCTICA. Igloo built by climbers at Patriot Hills expedition base in the Ellsworth Mountains.
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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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  • 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.  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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  • 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.  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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  • 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. Jerry Corr (MR) in windy camp at 83 degrees south latitude during South Pole Ski Expedition in 1988.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Ski mountaineer sleeps outside at Patriot Hills Tourist Expedition Base at 80 degrees south latitude in the Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard, Norway. A snowmobile camping expedition races along a lonely polar trail.
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  • An expedition skier descends Nordenskjold Glacier, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard, Norway.
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  • An expedition skier crosses Tunabreen Glacier on Spitsbergen Island
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  • INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC PROJECT, Expedition team mushes over wind-sculpted pressure ridge on Arctic Ocean.
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  • INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC PROJECT DOGSLED EXPEDITION. Will Steger mushes his dogs on frozen Arctic Ocean nearTuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada.
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  • An expedition to climb Rakekniven spire (L) works in their base camp in the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • An expedition sets up camp below the Fenris Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. National Geographic archaeology expedition on cliffside trail hewn by Inca laborers, en route to site on Cerro Victoria. Nevado Sacsayrayoc background.
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  • A pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition crosses a bridge over a rushing stream in Quebrada Moyoc, a deep valley in  Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains.
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  • Members of a National Geographic archaeology expedition cross Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon (Quebrada Moyoc).
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  • PERU, Cordillera Vilcabamba. Pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition crosses Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) en route to Cerro Victoria, at end of canyon below (Quebrada Moyoc).  NGM #MM7047_0001
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  • Ski mountaineer Allan Pietrasanta kicks steps down an icy slope above the Warwan River Gorge, during a pioneering two-week ski expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range, from Ladakh to Kashmir.
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  • Ski mountaineer Allan Pietrasanta kicks and glides without a pack before descending into the Warwan River Gorge during a pioneering two-week ski expedition from Ladakh to Kashmir, across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski Mountaineers camp in the snowy Warwan Valley en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski mountaineer Allan Pietrasanta telemarks in powder snow below 16,000 foot Warwan Pass during a pioneering two-week ski expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range, from Ladakh to Kashmir.
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  • Ski mountaineer Jay Jensen telemarks in knee deep powder below 16,000 foot Warwan Pass during a pioneering two-week ski expedition from Ladakh to Kashmir across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • A Ski Mountaineers crosses Warwan pass, en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski Mountaineers cross Warwan Pass en route from Ladakh to Kashmir In an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski Mountaineers cross Warwan Pass en route from Ladakh to Kashmir during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Climbing expedition team loads equipment onto Twin Otter airplane at Iqualuit airport. (Alex Lowe & Mark Synnott)
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Helicopter retrieves equipment after Great Sail Peak big wall climbing expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Rock climbers's haul bags on Great Sail Peak after month-long big wall expedition. Stewart Valley & frozen lake bkg.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) broods about injured knee during remote Great Sail Peak expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott (MR) eats freeze-dried dinner during Great Sail Peak big wall climbing expedition.
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  • ROCK CLIMBING. Climbing hardware stored at a big-wall belay station, including (L to R) chocks, camming devices (cams), slings & pitons. Great Sail Peak expedition, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada, Alex Lowe surveys unnamed peaks & frozen lake in remote Stewart Valley during rock climbing expedition to Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Canada. Greg Child clowns about expedition sponsorship at base camp, Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Canada. Tibetan prayers flags bless base camp for Great Sail Peak expedition. (Alex Lowe)
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Jared Ogden (MR) exults as expedition snowmobiles up Stewart Valley to Sail Peaks (bkg).
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA.  Expedition stops to repair snowmobiles on Remote Peninsula, between Sam Ford Fjord and Stewart Valley.
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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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  • ANTARCTICA. Guided, fly-in expedition members cross country ski near Jones Sound on Antarctic Peninsula, during first-ever tour of its kind.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vinson Expedition. Dr. Lis Densmore (MR) pulls a heavy sled to Camp One, en route to becoming first woman to climb continent's 16 058-foot highest mountain. 15,918-foot Mount Tyree (third highest) is in background.  Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • With gusts in his face, South Pole Ski Expedition member J.K. Bajaj of India (MR) negotiates wind-sculpted sastrugi snow by a small nunatak at 80 degrees south latitude in Antarctica.
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  • Mountaineers stand below the highest peaks of Chile's previously unexplored Cordillera Sarmiento at the tip of Patagonia's southern icecap (Hielo Sur.)
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  • A mountaineer stand walks up one of the highesr peaks of Chile's previously unexplored Cordillera Sarmiento, a range beset by furious Patagonian weather coming off of the Pacific Ocean.  The snow textures are wind-blasted rime.
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  • A mountaineer descends rime snow on the Fickle Finger of Fate, a summit in Chile's previously unexplored Cordillera Sarmiento, high above the southwesternmost Patagonian fjords.
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  • A mountaineer lights a fire on a beach beside a Chilean fjord and below the previously unexplored Cordillera Sarmiento at the tip of South America.
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  • Mountaineers stand below the highest peaks of Chile's previously unexplored Cordillera Sarmiento at the tip of Patagonia's southern icecap (Hielo Sur.)
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  • A mountaineer towards the crest of Chile's previously unexplored Cordillera Sarmiento, at the tip of Patagonia's southern icecap (Hielo Sur.)
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  • High above fog-bound fjords, a mountaineer descends from one of the highest peaks of Chile's previously unexplored Cordillera Sarmiento.
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  • Mountaineers stand atop one of the highest peaks of Chile's previously unexplored Cordillera Sarmiento at the tip of Patagonia's southern icecap (Hielo Sur.)
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  • A mountaineer skis past seracs and crevasses on the icecap atop Chile's weather-beaten Cordillera Sarmiento, a previously unexplored range.
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  • Mountaineer Jack Miller ascends an unnamed peak in the little-known Cordillera Sarmiento of Patagonia, near the tip of of South America.  Hielo Sur, earth's largest non-polar icecap is shrouded by fog in the background and the mountains here are plastered with icy rime ice borne by winds that commonly exceed 100mph.
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  • Gordon Wiltsie sits atop one of the highest peaks of Chile's previously unexplored Cordillera Sarmiento at the tip of Patagonia's southern icecap (Hielo Sur.)
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  • An expedition ascends a glacier in a previously unexplored range in Chile.
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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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