Admiral Richard Byrd named Mount Vaughan after Norman in recognition of his service as a dog-musher and member of a stand-by rescue team when Byrd flew over the South Pole in 1929.

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Norman and Carolyn Muegge Vaughan look back in triumph and exhaustion after they made the first ascent of Mount Vaughan in Antarctica, 2 days shy of Norman's 89th birthday.

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Keywords: Antarctic, Carolyn Vaughan, Norman Vaughan, Polar Regions, achievement, adventure, couples, elation, elderly, exhaustion, exploration, goggles, hoods, model released., parkas, polar clothing, ski poles, victory
Contained in galleries: Exploration + Adventure, AV, Antarctica, Exploration + Adventure, Antarctica - Vaughn Expedition - 1993, AV 5

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