The crossing : Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Vivian Fuchs and the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1953-58, John Knight

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The crossing : Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Vivian Fuchs and the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1953-58, John Knight

Title remainder

Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Vivian Fuchs and the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1953-58

Statement of responsibility

John Knight

Instantiates

• The crossing : Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Vivian Fuchs and the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1953-58

Publication

• Stroud, Gloucestershire, Amberley Publishing, 2018

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 282) and index

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Contents

Early international co-operation -- Operation Tabarin and its aftermath -- Vivian Fuchs and early plans for the trans-Antarctic expedition -- New Zealand's dilemma -- Transport -- there are no roads -- Recruiting personnel -- who to take -- Heading south aboard the Theron -- Eight men perched on an ice shelf -- Three men venture south -- The main party returns -- reunion at Shackleton Base -- South ice -- the next step -- Whichaway to go? A nearly fatal excursion -- Trial run to south ice -- and the press arrive -- On the starting blocks -- Calling Ed Hillary, over and out! -- South ice to the south pole -- the worst is yet to come -- Trans-Antarctic flight -- touch and go -- Another controversy -- and Bunny reaches the pole -- Hillary and his team plan their strategy -- Change of plan for New Zealand plateau route -- Hillary's future agenda -- The New Zealand team move out -- Reflections on Shackleton's 1914 expedition -- New Zealand striving for the plateau and beyond -- South Pole to Scott Base -- New Zealand's other target -- IGY exploration -- Conclusion -- Appendix I. The Americans in Antarctica -- Appendix II. Books about the expedition -- Appendix III. An appeal

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on1063677350

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24 cm

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288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates

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9781445686295

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