The Crossing of Antarctica by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary ( Book Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition blue cloth boards with silver spine lettering and decoration contained in a near fine condition non-price-clipped color photographic dust jacket with light rubbing to the upper and lower spine edges and one tiny top of spine chip. Includes Glossary; Appendix A: Vehicle Specifications; Appendix B: Aircraft Specifications; Index; and profusely illustrated with full-page color photographs, black-and-white photographs, and illustrated map endpapers. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. “This magnificent – and magnificently illustrated – book tells the full story of the Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition, completed when the two groups, who traveled the last 700 miles together, reached Scott Base 99 days later – just one day under the crucial time limit set by Fuchs.it tells the story of the two years of preparation and reconnaissance that led up to the final attempt. It tells how Hillary and his party explored the immense Skelton Glacier from the Ross Sea and blazed a trail for the crossing party to follow after they had reached the Pole. Above all, the book is a thrilling story of men who set out into the loneliness of the unknown to discover, with “faith and science” what lay on and below a hidden continent.”.

Published 1958 -Little Brown

In a protective removable plastic cover.

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