From Calum.
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In 1957, a team of Kiwis, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, set out to on a journey across Antarctica. they were there to support a Commonwealth Expedition to cross the continent, but soon they’d be at South Pole—not in tanks or snowcats, but in three tiny Ferguson farm tractors. I travel to France to track one of these amazing machines down.
18 years ago, Simon Coggins recorded a projection of a documentary on the crossing. He uploaded it to Youtube and, thanks to him, we can watch it. If only more places uploaded such archives! https://youtu.be/wQ-HmwXBF84?si=8wtzVVys0FBfLP1Q
"The Great Achievement" film on the crossing: https://youtu.be/GksNlba-xHI?si=sqjyDf2T7Bm5jB8_
Antarctica 2 Crossing – worth a watch! https://youtu.be/btb-6rlTl8s?si=_3_949Epf4zfoOgM
Brilliant 90’s Documentary about the Ferguson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qhi-V-Chbs&t=1271s
Sources:
Shackleton’s Dream by Stephen Haddelsey
UK: https://amzn.to/4hQGUr2
Antarctica: A Biography by David Day (amazing book)
UK: https://amzn.to/42bcsSy
US: https://amzn.to/443dqCY
Great history on the Ferguson Tractor, Harry especially. https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/pages/artint262/
Great article about the tractors uses in Antarctica:
https://www.fofh.co.uk/articles/pole.htm
Incredible two-part magazine feature about the Fergusons time in Antarctica. Truly definitive history of the crossing:
Part 1 –
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57acb8dd37c58128dd1ec67a/t/57b5c8ac03596eec7002f09b/1471531184909/ISSUE56.pdf
Part 2 -https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57acb8dd37c58128dd1ec67a/t/57b5c8e19f745661cd71d33f/1471531241331/ISSUE57.pdf
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00:00 – The Tractor that Drove to the End of the Earth
01:52 – Why The Ferguson Tractor?
06:21 – Thanks Odoo!
08:12 – A Race for Antarctica
09:14 – The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
10:40 – The Expedition’s Choice of Vehicles
11:28 – Fergusons in Antarctica: A Reliable Choice
13:09 – Hillary’s Ferguson Improvements
17:46 – The Tractors Head South
20:49 – Hillary Makes for the Pole
22:40 – Hillary and the Tractors Make History
24:43 – Fuch’s Crossing Continues
26:08 – What Happened to the Tractors?
27:24 – Antarctica 2: Antarctic Crossing Boogaloo!
28:38 – Khakovchanka
30:02 – Waffling on a Bit
