“Very, very few, even among
Antarcticans – probably
only a couple of score – ever
know the reality of high
plateau sledging. It’s a
disgusting, brutal thing,
but magnificent.”
SYD KIRKBY, ANTARCTIC
SURVEYOR AND EXPLORER
November–December 2015 57
TIM JARVIS, left, on his April 2007
Antarctic expedition. This
recreated Sir Douglas Mawson’s
1912–13 survival journey, during
which both his colleagues died.