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69-720: Saint Johns Range was named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956–58, which surveyed peaks in the range in 1957. Named for St John's College, Cambridge , England , with which several members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 were associated during the writing of their scientific reports, and in association with the adjacent Gonville and Caius Range . Saint Johns Range

138-607: A New Zealand national who for many years in the 1960's and 1970's served in a secretarial and administrative capacity with the United States Antarctic Research Program, in Christchurch. 77°15′26″S 161°35′27″E  /  77.257198°S 161.590799°E  / -77.257198; 161.590799 . A steeply inclined valley, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) long, lying west of Lanyon Peak. The valley opens southwest to

207-821: A double summit rising to 1,420 metres (4,660 ft) high, dominating the central part of Saint Johns Range. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901–04) under Robert Falcon Scott , who named it for Lieutenant Edward R.G.R. Evans (later Admiral Lord Mountevans) of the Morning , relief ship to the expedition. It was from this mountain that he took his "Mountevans." 77°13′56″S 162°28′45″E  /  77.2322222°S 162.4791667°E  / -77.2322222; 162.4791667 . A mostly ice-free mountain 1,164 metres (3,819 ft) high, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) north of Mount Evans. The summit

276-864: A hanging glacier on a bluff 200 metres (660 ft) high above the head of Debenham Glacier . Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Qin Dahe, Director of the Chinese National Meteorological Administration; manager, Great Wall Station for two years in 1980s; co-author of studies on distribution, transport and range of chemicals recovered from surface snow and ice cores in traverses from Zhongshan Station to Dome Argus, 1996-2002. 77°16′10″S 161°59′34″E  /  77.269329°S 161.992783°E  / -77.269329; 161.992783 . A sharp-crested ridge, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) long, extending southwest–northeast between Dahe Glacier and Willis Glacier. Peaks on

345-615: A member of United States Geological Survey (USGS) satellite surveying teams at the South Pole Station during two winters, 1981 and 1987. 77°25′53″S 161°50′59″E  /  77.43133°S 161.849729°E  / -77.43133; 161.849729 . An upland valley on the west side of Mount Cerberus in east Olympus Range. The valley opens north to Victoria Valley. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Michael C. Malin, Department of Geology, Arizona State University; United States Antarctic Project (USAP) abrasion rate observations in

414-652: A member of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Survey team deployed to McMurdo Dry Valleys, November-December 2004. 77°13′S 162°51′E  /  77.217°S 162.850°E  / -77.217; 162.850 . Rocky spur forming the east end of the Saint Johns Range. Charted and named by the BrAE under Scott, 1910-13. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of

483-399: A sledge dog of the BrAE, 1910-13. 77°25′44″S 161°47′34″E  /  77.428821°S 161.792704°E  / -77.428821; 161.792704 . An upland valley on the northeast side of Mount Booth in east Olympus Range. The valley opens north to Victoria Valley. Named by US-ACAN (2004) after Kenneth W. Murphy, Jr., United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographic technician,

552-464: A small glacier at the headwall, lying east of Crawford Valley. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Samuel S. Bowser, Division of Molecular Medicine, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, who conducted research of giant foraminifera in McMurdo Sound, 10 field seasons 1984-2004. 77°21′S 162°03′E  /  77.350°S 162.050°E  / -77.350; 162.050 . A peak at

621-490: A very windy place, which made work outdoors unpleasant. All stores lying in the snow tended to get buried and there was a constant danger of them getting lost. They managed to take a number of journeys to collect seals for the dogs and to scout a route to the south. They used dogs and the Weasel tractor , and four Tucker Sno-Cats . In December 1956, Fuchs returned on Danish Polar vessel Magga Dan with additional supplies, and

690-850: Is 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southwest of Lanyon Peak. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after four members of the Majerus family of Rochester, MN, who engaged in various science support activities in many field seasons, 1980-2005, predominately at the McMurdo Station: Nicholas D. Majerus, 13 seasons; his daughter Michelle R. Majerus, 10 seasons; his brother Gregory J. Majerus, 15 seasons; and Gregory's daughter, Nicole R. Majerus, 4 seasons. 77°16′12″S 161°46′55″E  /  77.269949°S 161.782046°E  / -77.269949; 161.782046 . A hanging valley 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) long between Kuivinen Ridge and Stone Ridge. The lower and middle portion of

759-838: Is 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km; 1.6 mi) southwest of Mount Swinford. Named by the NZGB (2005) after Malcolm Templeton, former New Zealand Foreign Service officer, who held a number of senior positions including that of permanent representative to the United Nations, and Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs; author of A Wise Adventure – New Zealand and Antarctica 1920 – 1960. 77°16′S 161°54′E  /  77.267°S 161.900°E  / -77.267; 161.900 . A peak 2.75 nautical miles (5.09 km; 3.16 mi) west-northwest of Mount Harker in Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Harold D. Swinford, United States Navy (CEC), who served with

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828-831: Is bounded to the west by the Victoria Upper Glacier and the Victoria Valley , which runs in a south-southeast direction to Lake Vida . Below Lake Vida the Victoria Valley turns to an east-northeast direction. It is filled by the Victoria Lower Glacier in its lower end, which flows into the Wilson Piedmont Glacier , lying along the west coast of the Ross Sea . The Victoria Valley separates Saint Johns Range from

897-490: Is ice free except at the headwall, lying between Deshler Valley and Bowser Valley. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after photographer Neelon Crawford, a participant in the National Science Foundation ’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, five field seasons 1989-94. 77°20′06″S 161°54′43″E  /  77.335059°S 161.912009°E  / -77.335059; 161.912009 . A valley that encloses

966-648: Is ice free except for a small glacier at the head wall. Named by US-ACAN (2007) after HM2 Donald E. Watson, United States Navy (Seabees), who at the time was Medical Assistant and member of the construction crew which built the original Little America V Station and the original Byrd Station in the 1955-57 pre-IGY period. He was the medical person on the oversnow Byrd Traverse to Byrd Station, 1956. 77°15′S 161°41′E  /  77.250°S 161.683°E  / -77.250; 161.683 . A sharp rock peak 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) east of Victoria Upper Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Margaret C. Lanyon,

1035-752: Is one of the larger McMurdo Dry Valleys . Victoria Valley was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE: 1958-59) after their Alma Mater Victoria University of Wellington which sponsored the expedition. The Victoria Valley is one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys . The head of the Victoria Valley, which contains the Victoria Upper Glacier, is south of the Clare Range . The valley descends south-southeast between Saint Johns Range to

1104-658: Is situated at the union of Y-shaped ridge lines north of Mount Evans. Named by US-ACAN (2007) after CW04 Charles A. Bevilacqua, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC), United States Navy (Seabees), who at the time was the senior enlisted construction Builder Chief and member of the construction crew, which built the original McMurdo Station and the original South Pole Station in the 1955-57 pre-IGY ( International Geophysical Year ) period. 77°13′33″S 162°37′11″E  /  77.2258333°S 162.6197222°E  / -77.2258333; 162.6197222 . A narrow rock spur, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long, descending northeast from

1173-738: The Cruzen Range to the west and the Olympus Range to the south. The north of the range is separated from the Clare Range by the Cotton Glacier . The Miller Glacier defines the northeast side of the range, flowing into the Debenham Glacier , which defines the north side of the southern arm of the range and terminates in the Wilson Piedmont Glacier. The Gonville and Caius Range is to the north of

1242-673: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1995. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Professor Paul J. Crutzen , Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany (Dutch citizen); Professor Mario Molina , Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States Army; and Professor F. Sherwood Rowland, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States Army “for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning

1311-684: The United States Geological Survey . Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition ( CTAE ) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth -sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica , via the South Pole . It was the first expedition to reach the South Pole overland for 46 years, preceded only by Amundsen's expedition and Scott's expedition in 1911 and 1912. In keeping with

1380-708: The Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1959-60) for R.H. Wheeler, the party's deputy leader and surveyor. 77°12′26″S 161°43′45″E  /  77.2071°S 161.729157°E  / -77.2071; 161.729157 A transverse ridge, 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) long, extending southwest–northeast across Saint Johns Range between Wheeler Valley and Lobeck Glacier. The ridge rises to 1,550 metres (5,090 ft) in Mount Rowland. Named by US-ACAN (2007) after Ernest Rutherford , 1st Baron of Nelson and Cambridge (1871-1937), British physicist of New Zealand birth and winner of

1449-600: The Wilson Piedmont Glacier , which extends along the west coast of the Ross Sea . Download coordinates as: Features of the Victoria Valley, from its head to its foot, include Victoria Upper Glacier, Victoria Upper Lake, Lake Vida, Packard Glacier, Clark Glacier, Victoria Lower Glacier, Baldwin Valley and Staeffler Ridge. 77°16′04″S 161°05′39″E  /  77.26775°S 161.09418°E  / -77.26775; 161.09418 ,}. A névé with an area of about 15 square nautical miles (51 km ; 20 sq mi) at

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1518-660: The Antarctic continent from Shackleton Base via the Pole to Scott Base, following roughly the same route as Fuchs' overland party. Victoria Upper Glacier Victoria Valley ( 77°23′S 161°56′E  /  77.383°S 161.933°E  / -77.383; 161.933  ( Victoria Valley ) ) is an extensive ice-free valley, formerly occupied by a large glacier, extending from Victoria Upper Glacier to Victoria Lower Glacier in Victoria Land , Antarctica. It

1587-580: The Debenham Glacier. Download coordinates as: Features from the northern tip of Saint Johns Range south to Broady Valley are, from north to south: Marchetti Glacier, Gargoyle Turrets, Helicopter Mountains, Mount Mahony, Wheeler Valley, Rutherford Ridge, Mount Rowland, Lobeck Glacier, Kuivinen Ridge, Mount Lewis, Watson Valley, Lanyon Peak and Broady Valley. 77°09′32″S 161°29′42″E  /  77.158836°S 161.495082°E  / -77.158836; 161.495082 . A glacier flowing from

1656-509: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1983-84 to 1993-94. 77°26′05″S 161°56′37″E  /  77.43476°S 161.94354°E  / -77.43476; 161.94354 . An upland valley between Mount Cerberus and Euros Ridge in east Olympus Range. The valley opens north to Victoria Valley. 77°21′S 162°10′E  /  77.350°S 162.167°E  / -77.350; 162.167 . Glacier just west of Purgatory Peak in

1725-1003: The Navy Nuclear Power Unit at McMurdo Station, wintering over there in 1963 and 1968. 77°15′26″S 161°55′37″E  /  77.25734°S 161.926923°E  / -77.25734; 161.926923 . A ridge surmounted by Mount Swinford, 1,550 metres (5,090 ft) high, extending southwest–northeast between Ringer Glacier and Dahe Glacier. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Brian Stone, United States Antarctic Project (USAP) logistics specialist with Antarctic Support Associates from 1990; Science Cargo Coordinator for McMurdo Station cargo, 1992-95; Terminal Operations Manager, McMurdo Station, 1995-97; Terminal Operations Manager, Christchurch, NZ, 1997-2000; Research Support Manager, OPP, NSF, 2000-05. 77°15′19″S 162°00′56″E  /  77.255169°S 162.015621°E  / -77.255169; 162.015621 . A glacier flowing northeast between Stone Ridge and Wise Ridge. It terminates as

1794-773: The New Zealand Ross Sea Support team. The New Zealand party included scientists participating in International Geophysical Year research while the British team were separately based at Halley Bay . Fuchs was knighted for his accomplishment. The second overland crossing of the continent did not occur until 1981, during the Transglobe Expedition led by Ranulph Fiennes . Preparations began in London in 1955. Over

1863-585: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1908. His researches in radiation and atomic structure were basic to the later 20th-century developments in nuclear physics. 77°12′46″S 161°42′38″E  /  77.212885°S 161.710648°E  / -77.212885; 161.710648 . A mountain with a sharp-pointed summit rising to 1,550 metres (5,090 ft) in the central part of Rutherford Ridge. Named by US-ACAN (2007) after F. Sherwood Rowland , Professor of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine , winner of

1932-458: The Saint Johns Range of Victoria Land. So named by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of the CTAE, 1956-58, because of the extremely trying weather and surface conditions encountered while traveling toward and surveying from this peak. 77°18′S 162°14′E  /  77.300°S 162.233°E  / -77.300; 162.233 . A peak in the Saint Johns Range of Victoria Land, located midway on

2001-641: The Saint Johns Range, flowing south into Victoria Valley. Mapped and named by the VUWAE, 1958–59, for Andrew Packard, summer biologist who worked in this area with the N.Z. party of the CTAE in 1957-58. 77°24′S 162°15′E  /  77.400°S 162.250°E  / -77.400; 162.250 . A meltwater lake that is circumscribed on the northwest and northeast sides by Robertson Ridge and Clark Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Robert H. Thomas who participated in United States ArmyRP studies of

2070-473: The South Pole, but when he had completed laying supply depots he saw the opportunity to beat the British and continued south, reaching the Pole—where the U.S. Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station had recently been established by air—on 3 January 1958. Hillary's party was just the third—preceded by Roald Amundsen in 1911 and Robert Falcon Scott in 1912—to reach the Pole overland. Hillary's arrival also marked

2139-1332: The Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE: 1958-59) for their Alma Mater which sponsored the expedition. 77°19′S 161°35′E  /  77.317°S 161.583°E  / -77.317; 161.583 . A meltwater lake at the terminus of Victoria Upper Glacier. Named for its position at the terminus of the glacier by American geologist Parker E. Calkin, in 1964. 77°19′15″S 161°45′19″E  /  77.320771°S 161.755235°E  / -77.320771; 161.755235 . A mostly ice-free valley between Spain Peak and Morse Spur in Saint Johns Range. The valley opens south to Victoria Valley. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Terry Deshler, Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; United States Antarctic Project (USAP) investigations addressing quantitative ozone loss and related research, 13 field seasons 1990-2004. 77°23′07″S 162°05′07″E  /  77.385244°S 162.08523°E  / -77.385244; 162.08523 . A meltwater stream that flows west from Victoria Lower Glacier into Lake Vida. Named by US-ACAN after James Stephen Kite, University of Maine, geological field assistant with

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2208-435: The Victoria Valley party, 1977-78. In the course of field search for meteorites, Kite found a 43-pound meteorite iron in a moraine 0.3 nautical miles (0.56 km; 0.35 mi) inland from Victoria Lower Glacier. 77°23′S 161°57′E  /  77.383°S 161.950°E  / -77.383; 161.950 . A lake lying north of Mount Cerberus in the Victoria Valley. Named by the VUWAE (1958–59) after Vida (Vaida),

2277-573: The austral summer of 1955 to 1956, Fuchs sailed with an advance party from London to Antarctica in the Canadian sealer Theron , with the purpose of establishing Shackleton Base near Vahsel Bay on the Weddell Sea , from which the trans-Antarctic expedition would begin. The Theron , like its immediate forebear, the Endurance , was trapped in the ice. Despite sustaining considerable damage, she

2346-515: The central ridge just east of Mount Evans and terminating 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east of Mount Bevilacqua. Named by US-ACAN (2007) after Daniel Robert Sechrist, U. S. Geological Survey geographer from 1980 involved in traditional mapping, digital mapping and mapping research; from 2004, Manager of the United States Antarctic Resource Center at United States Geological Survey (USGS), Reston, VA;

2415-419: The distinctive moraine at its mouth, The Ringer. The name first appeared on a 1961 NZ map; approved by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1995. 77°17′33″S 161°50′24″E  /  77.292519°S 161.839873°E  / -77.292519; 161.839873 . A peak rising to about 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) high on the ridge between the head of Ringer Valley and Deshler Valley. The peak

2484-759: The divide between the Willis and Packard Glaciers in the Saint Johns Range of Victoria Land. Named by the VUWAE (1959-60) for the rock type of which it is composed. 77°18′S 162°05′E  /  77.300°S 162.083°E  / -77.300; 162.083 . A peak at the east side of Willis Glacier in Saint Johns Range, in Victoria Land. Charted by the BrAE under Scott, 1910-13, and named for Doctor Alfred Harker, noted British petrologist. 77°21′S 162°18′E  /  77.350°S 162.300°E  / -77.350; 162.300 . Peak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Pond peak in

2553-518: The dogs protecting them from the unexpectedly severe winter conditions at Shackleton. The party of eight survived the winter with some difficulty, but in reasonably good health, and finally completed the building of the hut except for one hole in the roof, the panel for which was never found. While the hut was being constructed they lived by day in the tractor crate and slept in their tents, two men to each tent. The winter temperatures often fell well below −30 °C (−22 °F), and Shackleton proved to be

2622-419: The drift. When finally the wind subsided the giant crates of wall panels had all disappeared under many feet of drift and the unfinished hut itself was full of snow. The bay ice had broken off taking all the remaining stores with it. Much food and fuel, a couple of huts and a tractor had all gone to sea. The men tried to retrieve the crates by tunnelling under the snow; the tunnels proved to be useful kennels for

2691-629: The east and the Cruzen Range to the west. It is joined from the west by the Barwick Valley , and then south of Mount Insel by the McKelvey Valley , below which Lake Vida lies across the valley. The valley continues in an east-northeast direction. The Packard Glacier descends part way into it from the north and the Clark Glacier extends part way into it from the south. At the foot of the valley Victoria Lower Glacier flows into

2760-607: The esteemed Joel David Ellis Watkins, —were responsible for route-finding and laying a line of supply depots up the Skelton Glacier and across the Polar Plateau on towards the South Pole, for the use of Fuchs on the final leg of his journey. Other members of Hillary's team carried out geological surveys around the Ross Sea and Victoria Land areas. It was not originally intended that Hillary would travel as far as

2829-526: The first time that land vehicles had ever reached the Pole. Fuchs' team reached the Pole from the opposite direction on 19 January 1958, where they met up with Hillary. Fuchs then continued overland, following the route that Hillary had laid, while Hillary flew back to Scott Base in a U.S. plane. He would later rejoin Fuchs by plane for part of the remaining overland journey. The overland party finally arrived at Scott Base on 2 March 1958, having completed

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2898-620: The formation and decomposition of ozone.” 77°13′01″S 161°46′54″E  /  77.217007°S 161.781684°E  / -77.217007; 161.781684 . A glacier flowing northeast between Rutherford Ridge and Kuivinen Ridge. About 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) long, the glacier terminates upon rock cliffs overlooking Miller Glacier with insignificant if any flow entering it. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2007) after noted American geographer-geologist Armin K. Lobeck (1886-1958), Professor of Geology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1929-54; author of

2967-531: The head of Victoria Upper Glacier . Mapped by the Western Geological Party, led by Thomas Griffith Taylor , of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 . Named for D. Mahony, geologist, of Melbourne, Australia. 77°12′S 161°44′E  /  77.200°S 161.733°E  / -77.200; 161.733 . The ice-free hanging valley on the southwest side of Miller Glacier, immediately east of Mount Mahony in Victoria Land. Named by

3036-418: The head of Victoria Upper Glacier. The névé lies between Clare Range and Cruzen Range eastward of The Fortress. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) in association with Victoria Upper Glacier. 77°16′S 161°25′E  /  77.267°S 161.417°E  / -77.267; 161.417 . Glacier occupying the upper northwest end of Victoria Valley. Named by

3105-506: The headwall of Ringer Valley. Named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (2005) after John Fenwick, a Ministry of Works hydrology technician, who led field parties on visits to this area in 1972-73 and 1973-74. 77°16′16″S 161°39′15″E  /  77.27111°S 161.65417°E  / -77.27111; 161.65417 . A peak rising to 1,635 metres (5,364 ft) at the south end of Kuivinen Ridge. The peak

3174-451: The headwall of Ringer Valley. “Anu Whakatoro” is a Maori word, meaning force of wind, and was applied descriptively to this glacier by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 2005. 77°16′55″S 161°41′31″E  /  77.2819444°S 161.6919444°E  / -77.2819444; 161.6919444 . A peak rising to 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) high at the head of Ringer Valley. The peak stands midway between Mount Majerus and Spain Peak on

3243-536: The heavy tasks easily but the weather at Shackleton was colder and much windier than had been anticipated. When the skeleton of the hut was complete, the men positioned the crates containing the wall and roof panels around the building site. Then a blizzard began, and lasted for more than a week. The temperature dropped to −20 °C (−4 °F) and the drift around the base made it impossible to do any work outside. The men sheltered in their crate and slept in their tents which were constantly in danger of getting buried by

3312-616: The historic crossing of 3,473 kilometres (2,158 mi) of previously unexplored snow and ice in 99 days. A few days later the expedition members left Antarctica for New Zealand on the New Zealand naval ship Endeavour . The ship was captained by Captain Harry Kirkwood . Although large quantities of supplies were hauled overland, both parties were also equipped with light aircraft and made extensive use of air support for reconnaissance and supplies. Additional logistical help

3381-788: The north slope of Mount Mahony into Cotton Glacier . Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2007) after Peter Anthony Marchetti who made 20 deployments to McMurdo Sound in the period 1987-2007, including seven winters; Camp Manager for the United States Antarctic Program’s Telecommunications Facility on Black Island, Ross Archipelago for 11 austral summers from 1996. 77°09′51″S 161°40′56″E  /  77.164133°S 161.682095°E  / -77.164133; 161.682095 . A group of three prominent sandstone buttresses rising to about 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) at

3450-555: The northwest end of Saint Johns Range. So named by US-ACAN (2007) in recognition of the wide use of helicopters in supporting the United States Antarctic Program at McMurdo Sound and McMurdo Dry Valleys. Peaks in the mountains have been named after personnel in the helicopter group. 77°12′S 161°35′E  /  77.200°S 161.583°E  / -77.200; 161.583 . A massive mountain, 1,870 metres (6,140 ft) high, standing just east of

3519-413: The principal ridge of Saint Johns Range. “Tūkeri” is a Maori wind word, meaning force of wind, and was applied descriptively to this peak by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 2005. 77°16′19″S 161°42′25″E  /  77.271818°S 161.706918°E  / -77.271818; 161.706918 . A glacier, 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km; 0.69 mi) long, between Mount Majerus and Tūkeri Peak on

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3588-1282: The ridge rise 1,200 to 1,525 metres (3,937 to 5,003 ft) high above sea level. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Sherwood W. Wise, Jr., Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, who had a significant part in the planning, coring, analyzing, and storage of Southern Ocean geological specimens, 1973-2004. Features from Morse Spur to Pond Peak are, from west to east, Morse Spur, Crawford Valley, Bowser Valley, Mautino Peak, Schist Peak, Mount Harker, Purgatory Peak, Mayeswki Peak and Pond Peak. 77°20′11″S 161°48′52″E  /  77.336414°S 161.814363°E  / -77.336414; 161.814363 . A spur projecting south from St. Johns Range between Deshler Valley and Crawford Valley. Named by US-ACAN) (2005) after David L. Morse, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, Austin, TX; ten Antarctic field seasons, 1990-2004, including four at Taylor Dome ice core site, three conducting aerogeophysical research in both East and West Antarctica, and three seasons of ground-based studies of Bindschadler Ice Stream, West Antarctica, and Taylor Glacier, Victoria Land. 77°19′36″S 161°50′40″E  /  77.32679°S 161.844452°E  / -77.32679; 161.844452 . A valley which

3657-540: The ridge that bounds the north side of Baldwin Valley. Named by US-ACAN for Paul A. Mayewski who participated in United States ArmyRP glaciological and geological work at the McMurdo Station area (1968-69), McGregor Glacier (1970-71), Willett and Convoy Ranges (1971-72) and Rennick Glacier (1974-75). 77°19′S 162°24′E  /  77.317°S 162.400°E  / -77.317; 162.400 . Conspicuous ice-free peak, 1,430 metres (4,690 ft) high, at

3726-446: The site of where the base was to be set up. Their first task was to get all these stores from the bay ice to the base and to try to build some permanent shelter for the oncoming winter. Once some food and paraffin had been brought up and the dogs safely tethered by the base, the men started to build their hut. This proved to be far more difficult than had been envisaged – not only were the eight men insufficient in number to carry out

3795-940: The snout of Victoria Upper Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (2005) after Paul Broady, University of Melbourne (later University of Canterbury, New Zealand ), a microbial biologist who worked with the NZAP for eight seasons from 1981, at McMurdo Dry Valleys, Ross Island , Marie Byrd Land , and other areas; with British Antarctic Survey (BAS) at Signy Island, 1970s; with Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) early 1980s. Features from Spain Peak east to Dahe Glacier are, from west to east, Spain Peak, Anu Whakatoro Glacier, Tūkeri Peak, Fenwick Glacier, Ringer Valley, Ringer Glacier, Templeton Peak, Mount Swinford, Stone Ridge, Wise Ridge and Dahe Glacier. 77°17′46″S 161°41′32″E  /  77.296226°S 161.692352°E  / -77.296226; 161.692352 . A peak rising to 1,450 metres (4,760 ft) high on

3864-888: The south side of the mouth of Baldwin Valley in Saint Johns Range. Named by US-ACAN in 1964 after James D. Pond, United States Navy, who was in charge of electronic repair and maintenance at Hallett Station, 1962. Features to the east of Pond Peak are: McWhinnie Peak, Mount Evans, Mount Bevilacqua, Sechrist Ridge and Lizard Foot- 77°16′S 162°14′E  /  77.267°S 162.233°E  / -77.267; 162.233 . A peak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northeast of Mount Harker. Named by US-ACAN for Mary A. McWhinnie, USARP biologist who wintered-over at McMurdo Station in 1974. She worked on several Antarctic cruises in USNS Eltanin between 1962 and 1972. 77°15′S 162°29′E  /  77.250°S 162.483°E  / -77.250; 162.483 . Mountain with

3933-508: The southern summer of 1956–1957 was spent consolidating Shackleton Base and establishing the smaller South Ice Base, about 300 miles (480 km) inland to the south. After spending the winter of 1957 at Shackleton Base, Fuchs finally set out on the transcontinental journey in November ;1957, with a 12-man team travelling in six vehicles; three Sno-Cats , two Weasel tractors , and one specially adapted Muskeg tractor . En route,

4002-664: The southwest end of Rutherford Ridge. A rock gable on the southwest face of the mountain provides an easily recognized landmark when viewed from southward. Named by US-ACAN (2007) after Adam R. Lewis, research assistant professor at North Dakota State University who has made significant contributions to understanding the Late Cenozoic vegetation history of the McMurdo Dry Valleys . 77°14′23″S 161°34′05″E  /  77.23986°S 161.56795°E  / -77.23986; 161.56795 . A valley east of Mount Lewis. The valley, which opens southward to Victoria Upper Glacier,

4071-604: The surface glaciology of the Ross Ice Shelf in the 1973–74 and 1974-75 seasons. 77°25′S 162°25′E  /  77.417°S 162.417°E  / -77.417; 162.417 . Glacier between Mount Theseus and Mount Alien, occupying a low pass in the east part of the Olympus Range. Named by the VUWAE, 1958–59, for Professor R.H. Clark, head of the Geology Dept., Victoria University of Wellington, who

4140-462: The team were also tasked with carrying out scientific research including seismic soundings and gravimetric readings. In parallel, Hillary's team had set up Scott Base —which was to be Fuchs' final destination—on the opposite side of the continent at McMurdo Sound on the Ross Sea . Using three converted Ferguson TE20 tractors and one Weasel, abandoned part-way, Hillary and his three men—Ron Balham, Peter Mulgrew and Ellis Williams, great uncle of

4209-1208: The textbook Geomorphology, McGraw-Hill, 1939 widely used in training geomorphologists active in Antarctica. 77°14′00″S 161°46′35″E  /  77.233254°S 161.776278°E  / -77.233254; 161.776278 A transverse ridge extending southwest–northeast across St. Johns Range between an unnamed glacier and the Ringer Glacier. The ridge is 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long and rises to 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) high at Lanyon Peak. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after ice coring specialist Karl C. Kuivinen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1974-2003; Field Operations Manager, Ross Ice Shelf Project Management Office, UNL, 1974-78; Director, Polar Ice Coring Office, UNL, 1979-89 and 1994-2001; 15 summer field seasons in Antarctica, 1968-2000; 24 summer field seasons in Greenland and Alaska 1974-99. 77°14′28″S 161°30′41″E  /  77.241227°S 161.511475°E  / -77.241227; 161.511475 . A mountain rising to 1,450 metres (4,760 ft) at

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4278-820: The top of steep cliffs above Miller Glacier in northwest Saint Johns Range. The group stands 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southwest of Queer Mountain . So named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB; 2006) because the massive upper sandstone unit has weathered into steep and cavernously sculptured tors which, when seen from below, have the appearance of gargoyle carvings. 77°11′27″S 161°25′50″E  /  77.190839°S 161.430568°E  / -77.190839; 161.430568 . A series of rugged mountains west of Mount Mahony, rising to 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) at Mount James and including also from west to east Touchstone Crag , Mick Peak and Hott Peak . The mountains form

4347-553: The tradition of polar expeditions of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration , the CTAE was a private venture, though it was supported by the governments of the United Kingdom, New Zealand, United States, Australia and South Africa, as well as many corporate and individual donations, under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth II . It was headed by British explorer Vivian Fuchs , with New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary leading

4416-504: The valley is occupied by Ringer Glacier, which flows north to Miller Glacier; the upper (south) portion is mostly ice free. Named by US-ACAN (2005) in association with Ringer Glacier and The Ringer. 77°14′23″S 161°55′03″E  /  77.239631°S 161.917402°E  / -77.239631; 161.917402 . A glacier, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long, heading on the northeast flank of Saint Johns Range and flowing northeast to Miller Glacier. Named in association with

4485-594: The west side of Deshler Valley. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Rae Spain, who from 1979 to 2004 completed 22 field season deployments in various positions held for United States Antarctic Project (USAP) support contractors at the McMurdo, Siple, Palmer, and South Pole Stations, and at remote field camp stations. 77°17′21″S 161°41′35″E  /  77.289258°S 161.693008°E  / -77.289258; 161.693008 . A glacier, 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km; 0.81 mi) long, between Tūkeri Peak and Spain Peak on

4554-471: The west side of Packard Glacier in the Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN for Commander Robert L. Mautino, United States Navy, officer-in-charge of the Naval Support Force winter-over detachment at McMurdo Station in 1972. 77°19′S 162°00′E  /  77.317°S 162.000°E  / -77.317; 162.000 A peak, 1,650 metres (5,410 ft) high, surmounting

4623-470: Was able to free herself with the help of the Auster Antarctic floatplane that scouted a way out. In early 1956, Fuchs sailed back to London, leaving eight men to over-winter at Shackleton. The eight men of the advance party, led by Ken Blaiklock , were left on the ice, having only tents and a packing crate as shelter. Most of the stores were left on the bay ice, some two miles (3.2 km) from

4692-596: Was immediately responsible for the sponsoring of the expedition. 77°18′S 162°20′E  /  77.300°S 162.333°E  / -77.300; 162.333 . Ice-filled valley in the Saint Johns Range, lying northwest of Pond Peak. Named by US-ACAN for Russel R. Baldwin, United States Navy, who was in charge of the Airfield Maintenance Branch at McMurdo Station in 1962. 77°18′S 162°40′E  /  77.300°S 162.667°E  / -77.300; 162.667 . Glacier occupying

4761-452: Was provided by U.S. personnel who were working in Antarctica at that time. Both parties also took dog teams which were used for fieldwork trips and backup in case of failure of the mechanical transportation, though the dogs were not taken all the way to the Pole. In December 1957 four men from the expedition flew one of the planes—a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter —on an 11-hour, 1,430-mile (2,300 km), non-stop trans-polar flight across

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