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
Tararua Antarctic Expedition, 1962-63
West Quartzite Range
Nunatak LL2 has a typical
steep, bare-rock south flank,
viewed under an ominous sky.
24 December.
British Polar tents easily weather a Christmas gale at Camp VII.
Nunatak LL2 stands above a ground blanket of blown snow.
Christmas gale intensifies.
Scant snow falls, but it blows around a great deal
before consolidating into polar plateau ice.
Gale aftermath, 26 December.
Nunatak T9C beyond lies 25 km south.
New Year’s midnight return from survey station VV2 to Camp IX.
Pyramid Peak lies to the right, Millen Range to the left.
Pyramid's leading ridge gave a delightful climb for New Year's Day.