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2 unusual facts about Ford Ranges


Ford Ranges

Marujupu combines the letters from the names of three daughters and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sulzberger.

Discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named by Byrd for Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger, daughter of Adolph Ochs and wife of Arthur Sulzberger, patrons of the expedition.


Mount Gilmour

In February 1940, shortly after West Base was set up in Little America III, Dr. Paul Siple directed an airplane flight from the West Base to the Edsel Ford Ranges to determine where exploration and geological work was to be done during the next summer season, and numerous aerial photographs were taken.


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