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Tasman Glacier - Polar Exercise
Short Film (Full Length) – 1956
Even though pulling an old vehicle [along the road] wasn't quite the same as pulling a sledge it was excellent training for them...– Narrator Edmund Hillary on training the huskies on the road during autumn
We'd look out of the window and see some good New Zealand mutton against some good New Zealand scenery ...– Narrator Edmund Hillary on flying dog food up the glacier
The training period had taught us a lot: it had taught us how to handle the dogs, it had given us a lot of experience with our aircraft, but most of all it had welded us all into a strong unit.– Hillary reviews what was learnt from the training
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