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Antarctic Adventure
Short Film (Full Length) – 1957
This NFU documentary chronicles a major milestone in NZ's presence in Antarctica: the building of Scott Base. Members of the Commonwealth Polar Expedition leave Wellington in December 1956, and sail through storms and pack ice. Led by Sir Edmund Hillary, they construct Scott Base, meet some local wildlife and begin preparations to support a British team led by Doctor Vivian Fuchs. After wintering over, Hillary would, in January 1958, controversially reach the South Pole before Fuchs — only the third party after Scott and Amundsen to do so overland.
Our big surprise is to find ice over the sound. We expected clear weather, but the big storm has apparently blown it out to sea. It's very beautiful but it could trap us.– Narrator
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