title: Backstairs Passage Glacier
text: # Backstairs Passage Glacier
  
  Backstairs Passage Glacier (75°2′S 162°36′E﻿ / ﻿75.033°S 162.600°E﻿ / -75.033; 162.600) is a glacier about 2 nautical miles (4 km) long, draining east along the north side of Mount Crummer to the Ross Sea. The Magnetic Pole Party, led by Edgeworth David, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, ascended this glacier from the Ross Sea, then continued the ascent via Larsen Glacier to the plateau of Victoria Land. So named by David's party because of the circuitous route to get to Larsen Glacier.
  
  