Foothold on Antarctica

2/16/2025

With Dr. Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary both planning journeys across the vast continent of Antarctica in 1956, this film follows the advance parties as they set off aboard the “Theron” to make the long journey south. There is a crew of nineteen souls with almost twice as many huskies as they travel via Shackleton’s grave on South Georgia to the lively Waddell Sea. Unlike many previous expeditions, these folks have radar and also a Oster sea plane that will help them spot the best way through the ice as well as finding them a place to build their base camp. It’s some four days sailing further south before they start to spot ice and as that thickens and the wind changes, they are soon stuck fast and resorting to trying to dig, even dynamite, the ship free. What’s clear from the filming here i