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Answer: The Vinson Massif is one of the least spoiled mountainous areas on Earth as so few people have ever had the opportunity, or finances, to climb it. And yet, if you can get there, it is not a very technical climb to take on. Mount Vinson is the coldest, most isolated and most southerly of the Seven Summits. It was the last to be discovered and the last to be climbed. It is in a part of Antarctica connected to the main landmass by a sea of ice. The region is fascinating to geologists as it gives clues to how the Antarctic continent was first formed millions of years ago. Except for mountaineers in the summer months, there is no wildlife on Mount Vinson and no indigenous population in Antarctica. There are only two seasons: summer, where the sun doesn’t set, and winter, when it doesn’t rise. An incredibly hostile world, Mount Vinson defines part of the attraction of mountaineering: to go where few have trodden before. Unlike many mountains around the world, this desire can be truly satisfied on the slopes of Mount Vinson. The history of this mountain is strongly tied to the USA, and their enthusiastic exploration of the continent during the 20th Century. The Ellsworth Mountains (the range Mount Vinson is part of) were discovered in November 1935. Lincoln Ellsworth, an American explorer, found them during an early Antarctic expedition. He was making the first flight across the continent, flying from Dundee Island to the Ross Ice Shelf across West Antarctica. The lateness of this discovery points to the technological advancements that had to be made in order to discover these remotest of mountains. A US Navy reconnaissance flight in December 1957 discovered Mount Vinson. It would be a nine-year wait until it was successfully climbed (see below). Mount Vinson was only formerly named in 2006 after the US politician Carl Vinson of Georgia. He was a champion of Antarctic exploration and served in Congress for almost 30 years. During this time, the USA was the major Antarctic explorer, setting up numerous scientific stations and naming huge tracks of land after Americans and American landmarks. Previously, Mount Vinson was simply an unnamed summit of the Vinson Massif, (a group of summits in which it sits). Unlike the other six of the Seven Summits, there is no indigenous population living near Mount Vinson. Indeed, there isn’t on the whole of the continent, such are the extremes of weather and the isolation of the continent. The population numbers around 2500 in summer and less than 1000 in winter – all are members of scientific surveys. Mount Vinson has shrunk significantly since its discovery – or rather our view of it has! Its height has been measured more and more accurately over the years, leading to readjustments from 5140m (16,964ft) in 1959 to its current height of 4892m (16,050ft).
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Mount Vinson is the highest peak in the antarctica with an elevation of 16,066...