Antarctic Adventure

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Title

Antarctic Adventure

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This NFU documentary chronicles a major milestone in NZ's presence in Antarctica: the building of Scott Base. Members of the Commonwealth Polar Expedition leave Wellington in December 1956, and sail through storms and pack ice. Led by Sir Edmund Hillary, they construct Scott Base, meet some local wildlife and begin preparations to support a British team led by Doctor Vivian Fuchs. After wintering over, Hillary would, in January 1958, controversially reach the South Pole before Fuchs — only th...

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Video

Date created

1957

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/antarctic-adventure-1957

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south pole / penguins / sir edmund hillary / antarctica / scott base / icebergs / icebreaker / fuchs / robert falcon scott / amundsen / trans-antarctic expedition / hillary / rrs john biscoe / ross sea / glaciers / shacketon / shackleton / international geophysical year / snow fights / snowballs / snow balls / seals

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