Beardmore Glacier

Two days later, on the lower reaches of the Beardmore Glacier, Scott sent the remaining dogs back with two men and continued his ascent.

Amundsen and Scott at the South Pole 2009

On February 7, Scott's team reached the top of the Beardmore Glacier and began their descent.

Amundsen and Scott at the South Pole 2009

Our course had been true south all the time; at this spot we were about 250 miles to the east of Beardmore Glacier.

The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole 2009

On November 17, Amundsen began ascending through the Transantarctic Mountains via the 30-mile long Axel Heiberg Glacier (a shorter, and therefore steeper, ascent than the Beardmore Glacier).

Amundsen and Scott at the South Pole 2009

People thought it a matter of course that he would make for Beardmore Glacier, which Shackleton had discovered, and by that route come out on to the high snow plateau near the Pole, since there he would be sure of getting forward.

The South Pole~ Introduction by Fridtjof Nansen 2009

We were now able to distinguish several summits, and to determine that this was the land extending south-eastward from Beardmore Glacier in South Victoria Land.

The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole 2009

I was greatly astonished to hear, on my return from the South, that some people had actually believed we had set our course from the Bay of Whales for Beardmore Glacier -- Shackleton's route -- and followed it to the south.

The South Pole~ Plan and Preparations 2009

They were then faced by the long and difficult ascent of Beardmore Glacier, and it was not until seventeen days later that they came out on the high plateau surrounding the Pole.

The South Pole~ The History of the South Pole 2009

Maintaining a faster pace that achieved six years earlier, and able to use the ponies that succumbed as food, the four men reached the edge of the Great Ice Barrier/Ross Ice Shelf 440 miles from Cape Royds at the start of December and discovered the Beardmore Glacier carving a path through the Transantarctic Mountains.

The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration 2009

He would base himself in the same location as on his prior Discovery Expedition and follow Shackleton's path; four hundred miles over the Ice Barrier, one hundred miles up the Beardmore Glacier and another 350 miles over Plateau to the Pole.

Amundsen and Scott at the South Pole 2009