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The Crossing of Antarctica – Official first edition account of the historic 1955–1958 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary, documenting the first successful overland crossing of Antarctica.
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The Crossing of Antarctica by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary is the official account of one of the twentieth century’s greatest achievements in polar exploration—the historic Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955–1958. Published immediately after the successful expedition, this landmark volume documents the first overland crossing of Antarctica, led by Sir Vivian Fuchs, with vital support from Sir Edmund Hillary, whose pioneering work establishing Scott Base and laying supply depots proved essential to the expedition’s success.
Richly illustrated with photographs, maps and expedition imagery, this first edition captures the immense logistical challenges, scientific discoveries and human endurance required to traverse the world’s most inhospitable continent. The Crossing of Antarctica combines technical detail with compelling first-hand storytelling, making it an essential work for collectors of Antarctic exploration, mountaineering, geography and twentieth-century expedition history.
The partnership between Fuchs and Hillary represents one of the defining moments of modern exploration, following Hillary’s ascent of Mount Everest only a few years earlier. The Crossing of Antarctica remains one of the most important contemporary accounts of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and is sought after by collectors of polar literature and exploration classics.
A highly desirable addition to any collection of exploration, mountaineering, travel or historical expedition literature, this handsome Cassell first edition The Crossing of Antarctica is equally suited to collectors, researchers and readers fascinated by the heroic age and modern era of Antarctic exploration.
Condition – Very Good
Blue cloth hardcover with silver lettering to the spine. Shelf wear to the extremities, particularly the head and tail of the spine. In the original clipped dust jacket with edge wear and small losses. Prior ownership inscription in ink. Foxing present. Overall a sound and attractive first edition.
