Against all odds: the birth of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955–1958

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Hicks, Stephen, Storey, Bryan, Smith, Philippa Mein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2011
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; New Zealand; Weddell; Clifford; Fuchs; Ross Dependency; Wordie; Antarc*; Polar Record; Scott Polar Research Institute
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247411000660; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247411000660

ABSTRACT When the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955–1958 advance party sailed from the Millwall Docks in November 1955, bound for the Weddell Sea, their departure was the product of five years of intensive effort on the part of Vivian Fuchs to achieve the first overland crossing of the An...