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Tararua Antarctic expedition (1962-1963).

Main Menu	Mount Pearson	Antarctic Expedition
Antarctica Ahoy!	Around Scott Base	Expedition Begins	Exploration Area	Exploration Routes
Plateau Loop Map	Polar Plateau	Icy Panorama	East Quartzite Range	West Quartzite Range
Upper Glacier	Glacier Route	Middle Glacier	Lower Glacier	Final Stretch
Destination	Conclusion	Diary: Introduction	Diary: Preparation	Diary: Polar Plateau
Diary: Quartzite Xmas	Diary: Into the Glacier	Diary: Home Run	Appendix: Polar Life	Appendix: Logistics
Appendix: Mapping	Acknowledgements

Exploration Area

Part of exploration area from the air.
The Pearl Harbour Glacier � part of the exploration area �
viewed from above the Tucker Glacier confluence.

Two marks at the top of the photo
identify part of the Millen Range,
which is labelled on the map below.

Three marks below the top of the photo
show Mts. Pearson, Tararua and Holdsworth, left to right,
which are marked � but not labelled � on the map below.

The expedition explored plateau and glacier country.

Major features of the area explored,
covering 7800 km� (3000 miles�) in Victoria Land.
White is ice, black is rock, mostly snow-covered.

Start: Point marked �IN�, on the polar plateau, 4 December 1962.

End: Point marked �OUT�, on the Tucker Glacier, 26 January 1963.

Exploration Routes

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