Photos from the First-Ever Ascent of Mt. Michel, an Ultra-Remote Volcano
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Mt. Michael, an active volcano in the South Sandwich Islands, rises more than 3,000 feet above the southern Atlantic Ocean.
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Mt. Michael’s summit crater. Although scientists have long scrutinized the feature from space, the National Geographic expedition was the first humans to visit the site.
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The team steals a quick rest 300 feet below the summit during the first ascent of Mount Michael. The combination of humidity and wind caused rime, or bits of granular ice, to quickly form on clothing and equipment, and made hypothermia a constant risk.