Forward crawl across the White Continent: fifty years ago, the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, under the leadership of Vivian Fuchs, achieved the goal that had so tragically eluded Ernest Shackleton when it made the first ever overland traverse of Antarctica. Christian Amodeo tell the tale of this epic crossing.(Trans-Antarctic Expedition) From: Geographical | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Amodeo, Christian | COPYRIGHT 2007 Circle Publishing Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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IN 1949, THE HEAD of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (now known as the British Antarctic Survey), geologist Vivian 'Bunny' Fuchs, hit upon the idea of reviving Ernest Shackleton's grand plan of a trans-Antarctic crossing. However, the world had moved on from the Golden Age of exploration, and such a huge undertaking--the last great land journey left to explorers--would need some additional justification, so Fuchs envisioned an unprecedente...