The world's best climbers at Mount Vinson, with ANI staff and flight crew. December 10, 1986. Back L-R ?, Wolfgang T.(?), Oswald O., Reinhold Messner, Charles S., Giles K., ?. Front L-R: ? Mike M., ?

Aerial view of Union Glacier Camp, with Enterprise Hills. 2010

Jonathon W. surveying potential blue-ice runway 'Blue 1' in Dronning Maud Land

Patriot Hills Camp at the base of the Patriot Hills, with Twin Otters parked close by on the blue-ice. 1987

Patriot Hills Camp at the base of the Patriot Hills, with Twin Otters parked close by on the blue-ice. 1987

Patriot Hills Camp from the air, 2008. Blue-ice runway, Patriot Hills and Independence Hills behind.

ALE Partners: Nick Lewis, Mike McDowell, Peter McDowell, David Rootes, Mike Sharp

ALE tractor train, with large load of cargo, drives up Union Glacier, past the 'Elephant Head', en route to Sub-glacial Lake Ellsworth

Loftleidir Icelandic Boeing 757-200 ER completes first ever landing of a commercial passenger airliner on a blue-ice runway in Antarctica.

Guest Rick T. climbs the crux couloir, before reaching ridge camp (high camp) on Mount Tyree. Vertical climbing.