Last unexplored wilderness
The harsh Antarctic environment has ensured that the continent remains the earth’s last unexplored wilderness. However, British air force lieutenant Kenneth Hankinson and 34 young men in the U.K.’s armed services became the first to spend an Antarctic winter in tents and the first to navigate canoes so close to the South Pole.
"Stamina and a stable temperament are as important as physical fitness.”
During their 16-month project, they made pioneering studies of the effects of prolonged exposure to cold and surveyed the biology and geology of Antarctica’s largest unexplored island.
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Mr Kenneth William Hankinson
The Steppes
Checkley
Hereford HR1 4ND
United Kingdom
