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 research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sy ...

). 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, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...

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 Shanklin Glacier () is a glacier in the Hughes Range of Antarctica, flowing southeast from Mount Waterman to enter Muck Glacier at a point west of Ramsey Glacier. The glacier was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for CWO ...

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

Ringed Nunatak Ringed Nunatak () is a small but conspicuous nunatak located in the icefall at the head of Gatlin Glacier, in the Cumulus Hills of Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely ...

, named for the ring of moraine that completely surrounds the nunatak. *

Shenk Peak Shenk Peak is a 2,540 m high Summit (topography), peak standing just southeast of Mount Kenyon between Gillespie Glacier and LaPrade Valley in the Cumulus Hills. It was named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1964–65) for John C. ...

– Named in honor of John C. Shenk, who was a Texas Tech graduate student and member of the expedition. * Simplicity Hill– 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– 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