These mountains that soar like cathedral spires above the polar icecap appear today to be the last visible witnesses of a continent that is inexorable sinking under the weight of the ice.

The Antarctic icecap is the last region in the world
containing areas of virgin territory.

It is like an ice desert stretching to infinity,
without the slightest trace of man

Because of their particularly abrupt configuration, and the extreme temperatures, and the violent winds that rage in this part of the world, these rocky peaks offers themselves as the last major
rock-climbing challenge left for the 21st century.