Snow trip
Twenty-four years ago the first crossing of Antarctica was made. It took Dr Vivian Fuchs, and his party, 99 days to reach the Scott Base on the Antarctic coast in 1958. They had set out from a base on the shore of the Wedell Sea. Meanwhile a team of men from New Zealand, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, had started from Scott Base to leave supplies at intervals along the route the party would take. The two groups met at the South Pole on January 19 and returned together to Scott Base. The trip was a particularly difficult one because of the cold, and the time it took to cross the ice. Several of the tractors used to tow the sledges were damaged by the cold and ice. When the men reached the base on the coast they were met by photographers, and a band, to celebrate the first crossing of the icy continent.
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Press, 2 March 1982, Page 16
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156Snow trip Press, 2 March 1982, Page 16
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