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George Lowe: The Crossing of Antarctica [2014] hardback ZAHIS A beautifully illustrated history ofThe first crossing of Antarctica in 1957 58 by the Trans Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Vivian 'Bunny' Fuchs, was one of the twentieth century's great triumphs of exploration. Sir Ernest Shackleton famously attempted to cross the great white continent during his ill fated Endurance voyage, and now, one hundred years after he set out, this beautifully illustrated volume celebrates the men who succeeded where he had failed and rewrote the history