The bizarre mountain region of New Swabia was discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 and features names like the Wohlthat-, Humboldt-, Conrad-, Drygalski or Filchne Mountains. Image: Christoph Höbenreich 2023 There are still many corners of the earth...
Christoph Höbenreich on December 10, 2001 on the summit of Mt. Vinson with the ski pole left behind by the second climbers in 1979. (Photo: B. Goodlad) The beginnings of mountaineering in Antarctica The first mountain tour on the white continent was undertaken in the...