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Table of Contents - Special Paper 488Impossible Journey: The Story of the Victoria Land Traverse 1959–1960, AntarcticaBy John G. Weihaupt, Alfred W. Stuart, Frans G. Van der Hoeven, Claude Lorius, and William M. Smith |
Foreword by Peter-Noel Webb | vii | |
Foreword by Devin Castendyk | xi | |
Preface | xv | |
Acknowledgments | xvii | |
Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica | xviii | |
Introduction | xix | |
Chapter 1. |
Planning and Preparation for the Victoria Land Traverse |
3 |
Chapter 2. | Scott Base to Skelton Inlet | 3 |
Chapter 3. | Skelton Glacier—Crevasse Country | 17 |
Chapter 4. | Crevasse Country to the High Plateau | 27 |
Chapter 5. | Following Crary’s Trail | 37 |
Chapter 6. | Fuel Cache in the Desert | 47 |
Chapter 7. | Seismo’s Discovery—And Disaster | 55 |
Chapter 8. | Apex Depot | 63 |
Chapter 9. | Into SnoCat No-Man’s Land | 73 |
Chapter 10. | Abandonment—And Discovery | 83 |
Chapter 11. | First Ascent—And Near Catastrophe | 93 |
Chapter 12. | Rescue and Reprieve | 105 |
Epilogue |
113 |
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Appendices | 117 | |
Appendix A. | The Wilkes Subglacial Basin | 117 |
Appendix B. | The Wilkes Land Anomaly | 117 |
Appendix C. | The Orontius Finaeus Map and Discovery of Antarctica | 118 |
Appendix D. | Region of Chaotic Ice: “Threading the Needle” | 118 |
Appendix E. | Craterform Subglacial Topography | 119 |
Appendix F. | Free-Air Gravity Contour Map of Antarctica | 119 |
Appendix G. | Free-Air Gravity Color Map of Antarctica | 120 |
Appendix H. | Outback Nunataks | 120 |
Appendix I. | USARP Mountains | 121 |
Appendix J. | Final Victoria Land Traverse Route | 121 |
Appendix K. | Seismic Location and Elevation Data | 122 |
Appendix L. | Glaciological Data | 122 |
Appendix M. | Traverse Station Numbers, Locations, and Elevations | 123 |
Appendix N. | Publications Resulting from the Victoria Land Traverse | 127 |
Glossary | 129 | |
References Cited | 131 | |
Index | 133 |