Axel Heiberg Glacier route

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The Axel Heiberg Glacier route is a historic Antarctic pathway through the Queen Maud Mountains that provided one of the first successful overland access routes to the South Pole.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic route
overland route
associatedWith early South Pole expeditions
climate Antarctic ice sheet climate
connectsTo Antarctic Plateau NERFINISHED
South Pole NERFINISHED
continent Antarctica
difficulty high
environment high-altitude glacier
polar
follows Axel Heiberg Glacier NERFINISHED
hazard crevasses
extreme cold
high winds
historicalSignificance early access corridor from Ross Sea sector to the polar plateau
locatedIn Antarctica
Queen Maud Mountains NERFINISHED
namedAfter Axel Heiberg Glacier NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the first successful overland access routes to the South Pole
partOf routes to the South Pole
passesThrough Queen Maud Mountains NERFINISHED
region Ross Dependency (claimed region) NERFINISHED
surface ice
snow
terrainType glacier
transportMode skiing
sledging
usedBy polar explorers
usedFor overland access to the South Pole

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