Crevasse Roulette: The First Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-58

• Main Author: Stephenson, Jon
• Format: Book
• Language: unknown
• Published: Rosenberg Publishing 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Fuchs; South Pole; Stephenson; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/10825/1/10825_Stephenson_2009.jpg

The British Commonwealth-sponsored Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) of 1957–58, under the leadership of Dr Vivian Fuchs, completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. A pioneering and hazardous journey, and not without controversial elements, it also included scientists pa...