Against All Odds: The Birth of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-1958

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Mein Smith, PL, Hicks, S, Storey, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2013
• Subjects: History and Archaeology; Historical Studies; New Zealand History; Antarctic; Clifford; Fuchs; New Zealand; Ross Dependency; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Wordie; Antarc*; Polar Record; Scott Polar Research Institute
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247411000660; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/86394

When the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 19551958 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 Antarctic co...