Beardmore Glacier, slicing its way through the Transantarctic Mountains, is one of the major overland highways to the South Pole from the Ross Ice Shelf. The route was pioneered by Shackleton in 1908, and followed by Scott in 1911-12. Mount Kyffin (1604 m) marks the entrance to the glacier, which here is heavily crevassed as it joins the ice shelf, illustrating the severe challenges faced by the early explorers. MH