Antarctica Ahoy!

Around Scott Base

Expedition Begins

Exploration Area

Exploration Routes

Plateau Loop map

Polar Plateau

Icy Panorama

East Quartzite Range

West Quartzite Range

Upper Glacier

Glacier Route

Middle Glacier

Lower Glacier

Final Stretch

Destination

Conclusion

Diary: Introduction

Diary: Preparation

Diary: Polar Plateau

Diary: Quartzite Xmas

Diary: Into the Glacier

Diary: Home Run

Appendix: Polar Life

Appendix: Logistics

Appendix: Mapping

Thanks

Antarctica with the exploration area marked.

Tararua Antarctic Expedition, 1962-63

West Quartzite Range

Nunatak LL2 has a typical
steep, bare-rock south flank,
viewed under an ominous sky.
24 December.

British Polar tents easily weather a Christmas gale at Camp VII.
Nunatak LL2 stands above a ground blanket of blown snow.

Furiously blown snow impairs visibility.

Christmas gale intensifies.

Scant snow falls, but it blows around a great deal
before consolidating into polar plateau ice.

On a clear day, a distant nunatak looks like a stroll

Gale aftermath, 26 December.
Nunatak T9C beyond lies 25 km south.

Midnight sun casts bold shadows on plateau sastrugi.

New Year’s midnight return from survey station VV2 to Camp IX.
Pyramid Peak lies to the right, Millen Range to the left.
Pyramid's leading ridge gave a delightful climb for New Year's Day.

Upper Glacier