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Hardcover. First edition. 191 pages. Features photographic frontispiece and 18 photographs and B&W illustrations. SUMMARY: ""Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary have recently conquered Antarctica in an exploit which has astonished and thrilled the world. Each man, within the same expedition, achieved a brilliant success, the scientific results of which may prove to be far-reaching in their effect on the Commonwealth. Gerald Bowman, the author of this book, tells the full story of their triumph and discusses the many controversial aspects of the event which led up to it. He relates the achievements of these two outstanding Polar explorers to the successes -- and failures -- of previous expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic, led by men of many nations whose names for a gallant company; Robert Falcon Scott; the indomitable Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, Shackleton; the brilliant Irishman; Admiral Byrd, the American who used a new method -- aircraft -- for Polar flight, and so to the recent Fuchs-Hillary epic. All who are interested in exploration and the struggles of dedicated men to overcome fearful obstacles will be absorbed and stimulated by this book."" CONTENTS: Foreword -- Part One: Scott -- Part Two: Amundsen -- Part Three: Shackleton -- Part Four: Byrd -- Part Five: Fuchs and Hillary -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Index. CONDITION: VG. Dust Jacket Good+. This is a vintage item in used condition. Dust jacket is unclipped with minor creasing and wear to top edge. Some age-toning present, with minor chipping and creasing to top edge. Discoloration and minor staining to rear of DJ. Pictorial DJ now protected in Mylar. Book is bound in publisher's navy cloth and features minor wear and bumping to edges and corners. Gift inscription on FFE. Minor discoloration and moisture damage to lower half of FFE and frontispiece photograph which does not impact reading.Some age-toning to interior with usual signs of wear and use present.
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