The first attempts at motor transport in Antarctica, 1907–1911

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Dibbern, J. Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1976
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; Shackleton; South Pole; Fuchs; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400000309; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400000309

One of the most spectacular achievements during the late 1950's was the attainment of the South Pole and the subsequent crossing of Antarctica by Vivian Fuchs with the support of Edmund Hillary. Both parties reached the pole driving over-snow vehicles ranging from modified farm tractors to mech...