David Spilman Fine Books

No Latitude for Error; [the New Zealand Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58, International Geophysical Year]

Hillary, Sir Edmund

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1961. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket First US Edition. Laid in card signed by Hillary, [9x6in]; 255 pp., frontispiece image of Hillary and Fuchs at South Pole, 12 double sided plates of 47 black and white images, 6 maps and 2 diagrams, index; Light blue cloth covers with black and white lettering on spine; Light blue dust jacket with black, white and orange lettering on front and spine, illustration of Hillary by Michael Ross on front; Minimal shelf wear to edges and corners, misbinding of pages 161 to 192 upside down in reverse; Minor shelf wear to dust jacket with age toning and rubbing to edges,/joints/corners, several small closed tears and with spots on front, slight soiling of back, price clipped ; [Conrad p. 397, Spence 593]. Item #13804

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (1919-2008) led the Ross Sea Party Trans-Antarctic expedition 1955-1958. Sir Vivian Fuchs (1908-1999) led the Weddell Sea Party. They were both successful in accomplishing Shackleton's failed Trans-Antarctic expedition in 1914. However, they did it with modern mechanized SnowCats and radio communications. They also were assisted by the United States Operation Deep Freeze with equipment and logistics. Hillary was also an accomplished mountaineer that achieved, with Sherpa,Tenzing Norgay, the summit of Mt. Everest in 1953.

This expedition was one of many that participated in the International Geophysical Year research projects (July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1958). Over 70 countries and organizations sent teams primarily to the Antarctic, Arctic and other remote areas in the world to coordinate collection of scientific data and discovery. During 1957, the United States established the Scott-Amundsen South Pole base as a permanent station and the Soviet Union launched the first orbiting satellite.

Price: $150.00