Seventeen photographs of the expedition, the subjects including 'Magga Dan at Halley Bay Jan 1957', '1957: Shackleton Station: note lines of fuel drums in distance and lines of stores in foreground', 'Aurora australis at Shackleton', 'Sno-Cats during crossing', and 'Sno-Cat and sledges during crossing with David Pratt'

A fine selection of photographs from the first successful attempt to cross the Antarctic. Fuchs led a 12-man team with eight vehicles, sledges and two dog teams from Shackleton Base, Weddell Sea, on 24 November 1957, meeting up with Sir Edmund Hillary and his support party from Scott Base, Ross Sea at the South Pole. Fuchs continued, Hillary joined them, and they reached Scott Base together on 2 March 1958. 'Hillary's tractor journey was the first mechanical and third land party to reach Pole while Fuchs was the first to reach the South Pole from the Weddell Sea by land... In addition to establishing three bases, of which Scott Base in the Ross Sea is still in operation, they conducted a comprehensive science program including the first seismic survey across the continent. It was an exploit of the highest standard' (Conrad Bibliography of Antarctic Exploration, p.392).