EARTH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Queen Maud Mountains, Ross Ice Shelf, South Magnetic Pole
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Discovered that emperor penguin chicks hatch in dead of winter. First landing of cape crozier: got stuck for a second year (relief ships- morning and terra nova) Ascended ferrar glacier- first on polar plateau at 8900 ft. Race for s pole- first expedition led by shackleton, based in mcmurdo sound (1907-09: base at cape royds on ross island, very successful, first party to climb mt. Erebus: used ponies, tried cards (didn"t work, pioneered beardmore glacier to s pole, southern march reached 88 degrees 23" s, a new farthest south record. 97 mi from pole: northern party reached location of s magnetic pole (not geographic, like he wanted) Amundsen- bay of whales (1910-12, fram: race to s pole, very diff tact. Scott- mcmurdo sound (shackleton"s route); 1910-13, terra nova: became a marty- left many letters (died on way back from pole, planned to start from hut point.
