THE CROSSING: SIR VIVIAN FUCHS, SIR EDMUND HILLARY, AND THE TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955-58 John Knight 2018 1st ed Hardcover New (Knight, John)

	Item #: PL4861-843 THE CROSSING: SIR VIVIAN FUCHS, SIR EDMUND HILLARY, AND THE TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955-58 John Knight 2018 1st ed Hardcover New By Knight, John Price: $49.95 Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
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UK, 2018, 1st UK ed. 288 pp, 40 color photos. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. There is no writing in the book or other flaws, and the dust jacket has no tears or chips and is not price clipped. The Dust Jacket is now protected by a removable Brodart clear plastic jacket cover. The Dust Jacket and the Book are in Fine condition. Many books that we describe as Fine are actually in New condition. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955�1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South Pole overland for 46 years, preceded only by Amundsen's expedition and Scott's expeditions in 1911 and 1912. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955�1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South Pole overland for 46 years, preceded only by Amundsen's expedition and Scott's expeditions in 1911 and 1912. It was not originally intended that Hillary would travel as far as the South Pole, but when he had completed laying supply depots he saw the opportunity to beat the British and continued south, reaching the Pole�where the U.S. Amundsen�Scott South Pole Station had recently been established by air�on 3 January 1958. Hillary's party was just the third�preceded by Roald Amundsen in 1911 and Robert Falcon Scott in 1912�to reach the Pole overland. Hillary's arrival also marked the first time that land vehicles had ever reached the Pole. Fuchs' team reached the Pole from the opposite direction on 19 January 1958, where they met up with Hillary. Fuchs then continued overland, following the route that Hillary had laid, while Hillary flew back to Scott Base in a U.S. plane. He would later rejoin Fuchs by plane for part of the remaining overland journey. The overland party finally arrived at Scott Base on 2 March 1958, having completed the historic crossing of 3,473 kilometres (2,158 mi) of previously unexplored snow and ice in 99 days. A few days later the expedition members left Antarctica for New Zealand on the New Zealand naval ship Endeavour. The ship was captained by Captain Harry Kirkwood. Although large quantities of supplies were hauled overland, both parties were also equipped with light aircraft and made extensive use of air support for reconnaissance and supplies. Additional logistical help was provided by U.S. personnel who were working in Antarctica at that time. Both parties also took dog teams which were used for fieldwork trips and backup in case of failure of the mechanical transportation, though the dogs were not taken all the way to the Pole. In December 1957 four men from the expedition flew one of the planes�a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter�on an 11-hour, 1,430-mile (2,300 km), non-stop trans-polar flight across the Antarctic continent from Shackleton Base via the Pole to Scott Base, following roughly the same route as Fuchs' overland party.
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