of the planes—a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter—on an 11-hour, , non-stop trans-polar flight across the Antarctic continent from Shackleton Base via the Pole to Scott Base, following roughly the same route as Fuchs' overland party. See also List of Antarctic expeditions References Footnotes Bibliography External links 1955 in Antarctica 1956 in Antarctica 1957 in Antarctica 1958 in Antarctica Antarctic expeditions New Zealand and the Antarctic United Kingdom and the Antarctic South Pole History of the Ross Dependency Edmund Hillary