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

Glacier Route map

Gerald’s team's 92-km Pearl Harbour Glacier sledge journey, 3 - 26 January 1963.
The Plateau Loop map – an earlier slide – covers the upper part of the glacier.
John Millen's Tucker Glacier trip converged with Gerald's at the airlift point.

Two teams' routes converge towards the airlift point.

Middle Glacier
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