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“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

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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.