Commonwealth
Reaches the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he led the New Zealand section
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1958 in New Zealand
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Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Reaches the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he led the New Zealand section
Discovery of South Pole
Reaches the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he led the New Zealand section. First to reach the Pole since Amundsen in 1911 and Scott in 1912, the first motor vehicles to reach the Pole
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