Mt. Vinson and the evolution of US policy on Antarctic mountaineering, 1960–1966

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Evans, John, Smith, Philip M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; The Sentinel; Sentinel Range; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247413000211; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247413000211

ABSTRACT The full extent of the height and scale of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica, was not known until reconnaissance flights and scientific traverses in the International Geophysical Year (IGY), 1957–1958. These explorations revealed the range to be twenty miles in length, with a large number of h...