Introduction
The Beardmore region of meteorite sites contains numerous important meteorite stranding surfaces and meteorite findsites. The region extends from the Shackleton Glacier over 450 kilometers west and northwest to the Nimrod Glacier (INTRO-Figure 1- 108 KB JPEG). The region was first explored for meteorites during the 1985-1986 field season (Cassidy, 1992). In the upper reaches of the Beardmore Glacier and Mill Glacier drainage system, meteorites were found on icefields in the vicinity of the nunataks of the Dominion Range and the Grosvenor Mountains. During the 1995-1996 season, and again during the 2003-2004 season, ANSMET field parties returned to the Grosvenor Mountains and Dominion Range localities for additional recovery of significant numbers of meteorite specimens. Search efforts were also undertaken during the 2004-2005 season at several sites.
The Queen Alexandra Range lies west of the Beardmore Glacier. Important meteorite stranding surfaces have been found along the southwestern edge of the range and at the head of the Walcott Névé, in the Goodwin Nunataks area. To date over 3446 meteorite specimens have been recovered from icefields near the Goodwin Nunataks over several seasons. Further along the western side of the Walcott Neve lies the Lewis Cliff area. A total of 1871 meteorite specimens have been collected from the Lewis Cliff icefields.
West of the Lewis Cliff, at the head of the Law Glacier, significant numbers of meteorites have been produced from icefields in the MacAlpine Hills area. One meteorite has been found on the Bowden Névé of the Law Glacier. Reconnaissance searches of ice patches in the Miller Range and the Geologists Range near the Nimrod Glacier yielded significant numbers of specimens. Meteorites have been found on ice patches along the Marsh Glacier in the vicinity of Sandford Cliffs and Cranfield Peak. Icefields in the vicinity of the Cumulus Hills, Roberts Massif, and Larkman Nunatak in the upper reaches of Shackleton Glacier area, have also been productive.
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