Damien Gildea (born 1969[1]) is an Australian mountaineer and Antarctic explorer who has climbed extensively in Antarctica, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Bolivia, Alaska, New Zealand and elsewhere.
The high-precision GPS data collected by his team was used in subsequent American and Bulgarian mapping.
In 2012 Gildea led a team following in the footsteps of Robert Falcon Scott, in order to raise money for charity.
[9] In 2007 Gildea published the new 1:50,000 colour topographical map Vinson Massif & The Sentinel Range, including a number of new features named by the USGS.
[10] In November 2010 published Gildea's new book Mountaineering in Antarctica: Climbing in the Frozen South.