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

Stephenson, Jon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1877058661 ISBN 13: 9781877058660

Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing, 2009

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.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Jon Stephenson taught geology for many years at the James Cook University, Townsville, where he is now an Honorary Research Associate.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1877058661
• ISBN 13: 9781877058660
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192