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The Shackleton Glacier is located in the Transantarctic Mountains between the well-established routes of the Axel Heiberg and Beardmore glaciers. It starts from the Ross Ice Shelf at an elevation of approximately 100 metres and rises for 140 kilometres to the polar plateau above 2500 metres. The Shackleton Glacier was first used as a route to the South Pole in 1998-99 by Iridium IceTrek, proving it to be a relatively safe, quick (6 days) and straightforward line.

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(Marching over the first few kilometres of the Shackleton Glacier. Photo: Eric Philips) (Preparing a depot (5) of food and fuel at the base of the Shackleton Glacier. Photo: Eric Philips) (Mt. Wasko, a spectacular rock pinnacle, towers over Peter Hillary as he hauls up the Shackleton. Photo: Eric Philips) (Only a handful of scientists have visited the Shackleton, all by helicopter or plane. The geological formations, like this dyke of igneous rock (Thanksgiving Point), are spectacular. Photo: Eric Philips)
(A halo surrounds the midday sun as we crampon up the Shackleton Glacier. Photo: Eric Philips) (Billowing clouds threatened but never delivered. We had great weather on the Shackleton Glacier. Photo: Eric Philips)