Deep within Antarctica’s Ellsworth Mountains, a pyramid-shaped peak has intrigued scientists and conspiracy theorists alike.

TUCKED away in a corner of Antarctica lies a mysterious mountain peak that looks exactly like a man-made pyramid with four symmetrical sides. The snowy structure of the ice-locked continent has a ...

Freeze-thaw erosion probably forged other pyramidal mountains, too, such as the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps, Pelto added. Various conspiracy theories sprung up to explain the shape of Antarctica ...

As mountains go, Antarctica’s Vinson Massif* is not particularly awe-inspiring in its height. A humpbacked hunk of granite that rises to 16,860 ft., Vinson is the highest known peak on the ...

Mount Vinson, Antarctica Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November ...

For Samantha Harper, a family physician from Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Antarctica wasn't just a bucket-list destination — it was her racecourse. Between late November and early December, she ...

THE Ellsworth Mountains are centred at 79° S., 85° W. in West Antarctica south of the eastern Pacific Ocean (sec Fig. 1). They extend about 220 miles in a north-north-west direction and are ...

Johann Peries has reached the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica at 4,892 metres, to become the first Sri Lankan and one of the few islanders in the world to achieve this ...

Chrissie: Well Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the world, so maybe he sheltered near those big mountains that run down the middle. Let’s visit that one, Vinson Massif!

The peak is part of the Ellsworth Mountains - the highest mountain range in Antarctica. Soon the location of the mountain, which is 2,000 miles from its newest country New Zealand, became a hub ...