No latitude for error / by Sir Edmund Hillary.
By: Hillary, Edmund.
Material type:
BookPublisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1961Description: 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Subject(s): ANTARCTICA
| TRANSANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958 | DISCOVERY | EXPLORATION | EDMUND HILLARY | MCMURDO SOUND | SOUTH POLE | POLAR PLATEAU | WEDDELL SEA | SOUTH GEORGIA | ROSS ISLAND | CAPE CROZIER | TASMAN GLACIER | SCOTT BASEAdditional physical formats: Online version:: No latitude for error.Holdings: GRETA POINT: 913(99) HIL
Contents:
Summary: Personal narrative of Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58.
1. The seed is sown -- 2. Into the Weddell Sea -- 3. Preparation and training in New Zealand -- 4. McMurdo Sound -- 5. Autumn reconnaissance -- 6. Antarctic winter -- 7. Tractors up the Skelton -- 8. Over the polar plateau to Depot 480 -- 9. Running the gauntlet to Depot 700 -- 10. South to the Pole -- 11. Aftermath -- 12. Race against the winter.
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Includes index.
New Zealand author.
1. The seed is sown -- 2. Into the Weddell Sea -- 3. Preparation and training in New Zealand -- 4. McMurdo Sound -- 5. Autumn reconnaissance -- 6. Antarctic winter -- 7. Tractors up the Skelton -- 8. Over the polar plateau to Depot 480 -- 9. Running the gauntlet to Depot 700 -- 10. South to the Pole -- 11. Aftermath -- 12. Race against the winter.
Personal narrative of Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58.
GRETA POINT: 913(99) HIL
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