The Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition took place first from 1962/63 and then again from 1964/65.Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Name Details: Matador Mountain
/ref>Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Name Details: Brunner Glacier
/ref> The expedition, led by F. Alton Wade, was sponsored by Texas Technological College (now

Texas Tech University Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public university, public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the flagship instit ...

). It explored areas of

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

Exploration

Areas explored during and named by the expedition include: * Matador Mountain– Named in honor of the Texas Tech student body, which was originally known as the Matadors. * Red Raider Rampart– Named in honor of the Texas Tech student body, which is now known as the Red Raiders.Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Name Details: Red Raider Rampart
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Shanklin Glacier Ramsey Glacier () is a glacier about long in Antarctica. It originates in the Bush Mountains near the edge of the polar plateau and flows north through the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica to the Ross Ice Shelf eastward of Den Hartog Peak. ...

– Named in honor of CWO David M. Shanklin, USA, of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the expedition. * Ringed Nunatak, named for the ring of

moraine A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and Rock (geology), rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a gla ...

that completely surrounds the nunatak. * Shenk Peak– Named in honor of John C. Shenk, who was a Texas Tech graduate student and member of the expedition. *

Simplicity Hill Mount Finley () is a prominent mountain, high, on the ridge which extends south from Mount Wade, located south-southwest of Mount Oliver in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mount Finley was named by Rear Admiral Byrd for John H. Finley, President of ...

– 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 Glacier Shackleton Glacier () is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from wide, descending from the Antarctic Plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount ...

– Named for Vestal L. "Pappy" Yeats, a Texas Tech faculty member and participant in the expedition in both 1962/63 and 1964/65.

References

External links

Antarctic Collections of the Paleontology Division at the Museum of Texas Tech University
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Yeats recalls South Pole expeditions, war, Depressions and teaching at Tech
''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'', October 28, 2008 {{Texas Tech University Texas Tech University Antarctic expeditions United States and the Antarctic 1962 in Antarctica 1963 in Antarctica 1964 in Antarctica 1965 in Antarctica Expeditions from the United States History of the Ross Dependency