In the news today -- another of those extraordinary peaks in remote locations which has been climbed for just the third time (first climb by a British adventurer). I'm endlessly intrigued by the manner in which these steep-sided and even vertical pinnacles are formed, and then survive.......
Highly entertaining was one press writeup which reported that the Spectre peak was located "470 kms south of the South Pole." So there we are then.......
Wikipedia:
The Spectre (86°3′S 150°10′W) is a prominent rock spire, 2,020 metres (6,630 ft) high, near the center of Organ Pipe Peaks, Gothic Mountains, in Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn. The allusive name was suggested by Edmund Stump, leader of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-Arizona State University geological party in the Gothic Mountains, 1980-81.
Wikipedia:
The Spectre (86°3′S 150°10′W) is a prominent rock spire, 2,020 metres (6,630 ft) high, near the center of Organ Pipe Peaks, Gothic Mountains, in Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn. The allusive name was suggested by Edmund Stump, leader of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-Arizona State University geological party in the Gothic Mountains, 1980-81.
No comments:
Post a Comment