Containing never-before-seen ephemera and diary entries, Hillary’s Antarctica is the first book that thoroughly documents and celebrates Sir Edmund Hillary’s contribution to Antarctic history. Heading to the South Pole and reaching it before the British Commonwealth Antarctic crossing party, Hillary exceeded the brief of being a support act. Creating tensions and unleashing a media storm, his actions denied the British a historic first overland to the South Pole since Captain Scott. Read into this celebration of the foundations of New Zealand’s continuous presence in Antarctica.
HILLARY’S ANTARCTICA
By Nigel Watson and Jane Ussher
