Eight Men in a Crate: The Ordeal of the Advance Party of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1957 [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

The book benefits greatly by the inclusion of several sketches, ,aps and photographs all of which help transport the reader both in time and space. I found it easy to inagine and almost share in their adventure. Eight Men in a Crate is an outstanding addition to the literature on the Trans-Antarctic Expedition and one that leaves the reader hoping for more. --Stephen Hicks - Antarctic

Eight Men in a Crate is a graphic account of how a poorly planned and luckless expedition was saved by a determined group of men. It is written by Anthea Arnold who based it on the diary of the young medical officer, Rainer Goldsmith. ....it is an easy read, and a recommended cautionary tale for aspiring Antarctic travellers. --Fred Elliot - Aurora

Once the pole had been conquered by Amundsen and Scott the next great journey was the crossing of the Antarctic continent, first attempted by Filchner in 1912 and then by Shackleton in 1914. As part of the International Geographical Year the Trans-Antarctic Expedition was set up with Vivian Fuchs in charge. He would start from a base on the Weddell Sea and after reaching the Pole, continue to the Ross Sea using supply depots laid by a New Zealand team working from McMurdo and led by the conqueror of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary. In January 1956 an advance party of eight men was left at Shackleton base to build accommodation, explore and lay depots to ease the passage of Fuchs s team the following year. This account, based on the diary of the young medical officer, shows how close to disaster they came and how lucky they were to survive. Fuchs later admitted that 'apart from Scott s marooned Northern Party theirs was the most severe ordeal in the history of Antarctic exploration.'. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.