Climbing the Pole : Edmund Hillary & The Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955 - 1958 by John Thomson - 2010

The Erskine Press, UK, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 144 pages plus publishers adverts. Softcover, illustrated with b/w photos, maps. As New, appears unread. In 1957 on the Antarctic Plateau Sir Edmund Hillary, the great New Zealand mountaineer, raced his expedition leader, Vivian Fuchs, to the South Pole for reasons that were never fully explained. Hillary's spin was that the Pole was there and he had time and fuel to get there first: so he did. Hillary's actions threw Fuchs' Trans Antarctic Expedition into confusion. When he then suggested that Fuchs halt his march across Antarctica at the Pole and return a year later to complete the historic crossing, Hillary appeared to be approaching a state of mutiny on the ice: he was roundly criticised by many interested in Antarctic affairs, except that at home in New Zealand his spin took root and has never been vigorously challenged. Examining records that could more fully explain why Hillary… Read More

UK: The ERskine Press. Good. Paperback. 2010. 144 pages. very tidy ex reference library-card covers plastic pro tected .