Crevasse Roulette: The First Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-58

Stephenson, Jon

ISBN 10: 1877058661 / ISBN 13: 9781877058660

Published by Rosenberg Publishing, Australia, 2009

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A couple of internal stamps only. Jacket has light general wear and no tears. Mylar protected (taped to book). Text and plates clean. Binding good. 192pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crevasse Roulette: The First Trans-Antarctic Crossing 1957-58
• Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing, Australia
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1877058661
• ISBN 13: 9781877058660
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: Ex-Library
• Seller catalogs:
  • Exploration & Travel

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Synopsis

Under the leadership of Dr. Vivian Fuchs, the British Commonwealth-sponsored Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1957-58 completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was a pioneering and hazardous journey, and not without controversial elements. Author Jon Stephenson was a geologist on that expedition. In this book, Stephenson gives his account of the Expedition, its planning, and its aftermath. Stephenson also supplies a history of Antarctic exploration since James Cook's voyage of 1775, an account of other Antarctic exploration and scientific study contemporaneous with the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and an overview of subsequent expeditions. Stephenson's remarkable photographs, which were exhibited in Sydney in September 2007 during a 50th anniversary commemoration of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, are an additional feature of the book.