Zealanders Kevin Biggar and Jamie Fitzgerald become the first people to walk to the South Pole without the aid of any supply dumps. Their plan to parasail back is abandoned. 2007 Prime Minister Helen Clark and Sir Edmund Hillary (aged 87) travel with an official party to Scott Base to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its founding. 4 June First New Zealand Antarctic Medal (NZAM) awarded to geophysicist Dr Fred Davey. References External links Antarctica New Zealand website New Zealand Antarctic Society New Zealand Antarctic Medal New Zealand and the Antarctic Antarctica History of Antarctica Antarctica Regional timelines History of the Ross Dependency