Today is the 58th anniversary of the first ascent of 4,892m Mount Vinson. We explore the discovery and climbing history of Antarctica's highest peak.

Vinson is not a technical climb, but Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest, highest and most isolated continent on earth. It’s the closest we’ll ever get to climbing on another planet.

Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November through March, when the sun shines 24-hours per day and temperatures hover around 12°F to 30°F ...

After a successful expedition to Mt. Vinson in Antarctica to close out 2024, elite mountain guiding company Madison Mountaineering returned to the ice to kick-off 2025 with another expedition team.

Shaikh Hassan Khan, a 36-year-old government employee from Kerala, has successfully ascended Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica, marking his conquest of the fifth-highest peak.

A biting cold morning on December 3, 2023, saw 16-year-old Vishwanath Karthikey stand at the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. Everything that had led to this triumph — the ...

Mount Vinson is in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. The Ellsworth Mountains run 360km from north to south ...

Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November through March, when the sun shines 24-hours per day and temperatures hover around 12°F to 30°F ...