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Trans-Antarctic Expedition
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:awarded
gptkb:Polar_Medal
gptkbp:basisFor
gptkb:Scott_Base
gptkb:Shackleton_Base
gptkbp:distance
3473 km
gptkbp:endDate
1958
gptkbp:goal
gptkb:first_overland_crossing_of_Antarctica
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Trans-Antarctic Expedition
gptkbp:involvedCountry
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Vivian_Fuchs
gptkb:Edmund_Hillary
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
gptkb:BBC
gptkb:The_Times
gptkbp:notableAchievement
gptkb:first_successful_overland_crossing_of_Antarctica_via_the_South_Pole
gptkbp:notableEvent
crossed South Pole on 19 January 1958
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:George_Lowe
gptkb:Geoffrey_Markham
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:Commonwealth_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:publishedIn
gptkb:The_Crossing_of_Antarctica
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Ernest_Shackleton
gptkb:South_Pole
Antarctic exploration
gptkbp:route
Weddell Sea to Ross Sea
gptkbp:sponsor
gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkbp:startDate
1955
gptkbp:studiedBy
geology
meteorology
physiology
seismology
glaciology
gptkbp:vehicleType
gptkb:Ferguson_TE20_tractor
gptkb:Snowcat
Weasel
dog sled
gptkbp:website
https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/library/archives/expeditions/cta/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Edmund_Hillary
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5