Antarctica Ahoy! |
![]() Tararua Antarctic Expedition, 1962-63
Destination
![]() Tucker-Pearl Harbour glacier confluence, west from the airlift point. 23 January. ![]() East from the Tucker Glacier airlift point. ![]() Southeast and down-glacier from the airlift point. ![]() We built an igloo and an arch to release exuberant energy from completing the trip. ![]() Mt. Pearson, photographed 50 km away through binoculars from the airlift point. ![]() ![]() In the two-rope method of crevasse rescue, the victim steps out of a crevasse in rope loops that are alternately raised. Left: Gerald Holdsworth operates the two-rope rescue method. Others supervise the rescue of John Hayton from the hand-dug "crevasse". Right: John emerges smiling from the crevasse. |