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how Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic adventure 65 years ago helped loosen NZ’s colonial ties to Britain

  • Written by Daniella McCahey, Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University
how Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic adventure 65 years ago helped loosen NZ’s colonial ties to BritainSir Edmund Hillary (left) and companions Derek Wright and Murray Ellis after arriving at the South Pole, January 3, 1958.Getty Images

When the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition ended on March 2, 1958, it marked what many called the last great adventure possible on Earth: an overland crossing of the Antarctic continent.

Sixty-five years later,...

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