Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition
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The Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition took place first from 1962/63 and then again from 1964/65. The expedition, led by F. Alton Wade, was sponsored by Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University
). It explored areas of Antarctica.
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...
). It explored areas of Antarctica.
Exploration
Areas explored during and named by the expedition include:- Matador MountainMatador MountainMatador Mountain is a prominent, ice-free mountain, 1,950 m, standing at the south side of the mouth of Gallup Glacier where the latter enters Shackleton Glacier. Matador Mountain was named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition . The name comes from the former...
– Named in honor of the Texas Tech student body, which was originally known as the Matadors. - Red Raider RampartRed Raider RampartRed Raider Rampart is a rugged ice and rock wall just east of the juncture of the Gatlin and McGregor Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition for the student body of Texas Tech University , whose athletic teams are known as the Red Raiders....
– Named in honor of the Texas Tech student body, which is now known as the Red RaidersTexas Tech Red RaidersThe Texas Tech Red Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University . The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name. The university's athletic program fields teams in 15 varsity sports and 30 club sports...
. - Shanklin GlacierShanklin GlacierShanklin Glacier is a glacier in the Hughes Range of Antarctica, flowing southeast from Mount Waterman to enter Muck Glacier at a point west of Ramsey Glacier....
– Named in honor of CWO David M. Shanklin, USA, of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the expedition. - Shenk PeakShenk PeakShenk Peak is a sharp peak standing 2,540 m high just southeast of Mount Kenyon, between Gillespie Glacier and LaPrade Valley in the Cumulus Hills. Named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition for John C. Shenk, who was a Texas Tech graduate student and member of the expedition....
– Named in honor of John C. Shenk, who was a Texas Tech graduate student and member of the expedition. - Simplicity HillSimplicity HillSimplicity Hill is a small ice-free hill rising 1 mile west of Crilly Hill, at the north side of McGregor Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. So named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition because of the ease with which they were able to approach the feature, and because of the...
– Named because of the ease with which they were able to approach the feature, and because of the relative simplicity of its geologic nature. - Yeats GlacierYeats GlacierYeats Glacier is a tributary glacier about 8 miles long, flowing west from the north side of Mount Finley to enter Shackleton Glacier just north of Lockhart Ridge, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition , for Vestal L...
– Named for Vestal L. "Pappy" Yeats, a Texas Tech faculty member and participant in the expedition in both 1962/63 and 1964/65.
External links
- Antarctic Collections of the Paleontology Division at the Museum of Texas Tech University (lower portion of page)
- Yeats recalls South Pole expeditions, war, Depressions and teaching at Tech, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, October 28, 2008