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Tararua Antarctic expedition (1962-1963).

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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

Destination

Tucker-Pearl Harbour glacier confluence,
west from the airlift point. 23 January.

The glacier edge is 8 km (5 miles) away.

East from the Tucker Glacier airlift point.

Giant peaks surround the Tucker Glacier.

Southeast and down-glacier from the airlift point.

We built an igloo and an arch
to release exuberant energy
from completing the trip.

Distant peaks look close in the clear air.

Mt. Pearson, photographed 50 km away
through binoculars from the airlift point.

One person can rescue another from a crevasse.

John emerges from the crevasse to much hoopla.

In the two-rope method of crevasse rescue,
the victim steps out of a crevasse
in rope loops that are alternately raised.

Left: Gerald Holdsworth operates the two-rope rescue method.
Others supervise the rescue of John Hayton from the hand-dug "crevasse".

Right: John emerges smiling from the crevasse.

Conclusion

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