The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.
Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored expedition from the United States and explored and mapped the last unknown coastline on earth and determined that the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea were not connected. The expedition included Isaac Schlossbach, as second in command, who was to have Cape Schlossbach named after him. The expedition, based out of Stonington Island was the first to take women to over-winter. Ronne's wife, Edith Ronne was correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance for expedition and the chief pilot Darlington took his wife.
Mount Abrams - Named for Talbert Abrams, noted photogrammetric engineerMount Becker - Named for Ralph A. Becker, legal counsel who assisted in the formation of RAREEnglish Coast- Named for Capt. Robert A.J. English, USN, Executive Secretary of the USASSweeney Mountains - Named for Mrs. Edward C. Sweeney, a contributor to the expeditionBehrendt Mountains - Named for John C. Behrendt, traverse seismologist at Ellsworth StationMerrick Mountains - Named for Conrad G. Merrick, USGS topographic engineerGardner Inlet - Named for Irvine Gardner, physicist at the National Bureau of StandardsThuronyi Bluff - Named for Géza Thuronyi, an Antarctic scholar at the Library of CongressWetmore Glacier - Named for Alexander Wetmore, Secretary of the Smithsonian InstitutionIrvine Glacier - Named for George J. Irvine, of the Engineer Depot at Fort Belvoir, VirginiaQuilty Nunataks - Named for Patrick Quilty, geologist with the University of Wisconsin–MadisonMount Coman - Named for Dr. F. Dana Coman, physician with the Byrd Antarctic ExpeditionHaag Nunataks - Named for Joseph Haag, head of Todd Pacific ShipyardsEwing Island - Named for Dr. Maurice Ewing, Columbia University, assisted in planning RARECape Adams - Named for Lt. Charles J. Adams of the then USAAF, pilot with the expeditionBowman Peninsula - Named for Isaiah Bowman, American geographer.Orville Coast - Named for Capt. Howard T. Orville, USN, Head of the Naval Aerological ServiceKetchum Glacier - Named for Cdr. Gerald Ketchum, USN, commander of the Burton IslandMount Austin (Antarctica) - Named for Stephen F. Austin, American colonizer in TexasMount Edward - Named for Cdr. Edward C. Sweeney, USNR, a contributor to the expeditionMount Owen (Antarctica) - Named for Arthur Owen, a member of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
