Image: Sir Edmund Hillary with Rear-Admiral George Dufek at Scott Base during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1957

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Description: Rear-Admiral George J. Dufek (right) with Sir Edmund Hillary just before departure. From a collection of photographs depicting the departure from Scott Base of the New Zealand tractor train of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition on its depot-laying journey toward the South Pole, published in: "South Polar journey begins". The Weekly News (Auckland, New Zealand: Wilson and Horton): p. 23. 23 October 1957. OCLC 29121953. Photograph taken 1957 by an unidentified staff photographer for The Weekly News and The New Zealand Herald. Original page physical description: Photolithographs on page, 435 x 310 mm. This version has been cropped, and has had brightness/contrast adjustments.
Title: Sir Edmund Hillary with Rear-Admiral George Dufek at Scott Base during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1957
Credit: Weekly News (Newspaper. 1934-1964) :The weekly news. South Polar journey begins October 23, 1957. page [23]. Weekly News (Newspaper. 1934-1964) :[Photographic pages. October 23, 1957. pages 23-24]. Ref: Eph-C-ANTARCTICA-1957-01-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/records/22543012
Author: Unidentified staff photographer for The Weekly News and The New Zealand Herald
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