The Crossing Of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition, 1955-1958 by Fuchs, Sir Vivian; Hillary, Sir Edmund
The Crossing Of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition, 1955-1958 by Fuchs, Sir Vivian; Hillary, Sir Edmund.
Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co., 1958
Used - Very Good
1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket minor edge wear. Protected with a Cellophane cover.
The Crossing of Antarctica. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58
(London: Cassell, 1958). . 8vo; original blue cloth, titled in silver gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. xv + (iii) + 338, incl. index; several photographic plates, several of which in full colour; maps. (Conrad 394, Renard 567, Spence 490)
"The expedition completed the first traverse of the continent. Hillary's tractor journey was the first mechanical and third land party to reach Pole while Fuchs was the first to reach the South Pole from the Weddell Sea by land. The flight in the Otter from South Ice to Scott Base via South Pole was was the first Weddell Sea to Pole flight and the second continental crossing ... In addition to establishing three bases, of which Scott Base in the Ross Sea is still in operation, they conducted a comprehensive science program including the first seismic survey across the continent. It was an exploit of the highest standard." - L. J. Conrad: Bibliography of Antarctic Exploration.