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Incredibly Thick Snow Bars Assault Camp Route
Sir Edmund Hillary recounts the Mt Herschel ascent in Antarctica from Cape Hallett. Norman Hardie maps the area while an American aerial survey prompts a series of surveys. The team endures extreme cold and thick snow as they push toward the northeast spur at 3,400 feet before establishing base camp and an assault camp.
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Mt. Herschel
Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary
World Book Science Service
Scott Base
Antarctica
Moubray Bay
Cape Hallett
Norman Hardie
Hilary Harrington
Hallett Station
Bay Ice
Hallett
Great Bay
Ironsides Glacier
Antarctic
Gill
Jenkinson
Strang
White
Mike Gill
Bruce Jenkinson
Mt. Merscnel
Sir Edmund
Herschel
Mike
Bruce
Great Peak