4 January 1958CommonwealthEdmund Percival Hillary
Reaches the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he led the New Zealand section
Historical records for New Zealand in 1958, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Reaches the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he led the New Zealand section
Reaches the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he led the New Zealand section
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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