Johann Peries summits the tallest mountain in Antarctica - Mount Vinson - at 4,892 metres, to become the first Sri Lankan to achieve the feat, sources said. In 2018, Johann Peries made history as ...

becoming the first Sri Lankan to summit Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. Peries is on a mission to conquer the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents. In 2018, he became the ...

Johann Peries has reached the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica at 4,892 metres, to become the first Sri Lankan and one of the few islanders in the world to achieve this ...

Johann Peries has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first Sri Lankan to summit Mount Vinson, Antarctica's tallest ... quest to conquer the highest mountains on all seven continents.

There is indirect evidence that, during the last interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago, parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated. An ice core drilled from the ice sheet near the ...