Sir Edmund Hillary after accompanying the first plane to land at the Marble Point ground air strip, Antarctica, in 1957. Previous to this, all planes landed on ice/snow based runways. My father, Bill McTigue, took this photo. He and his colleagues were in Antarctica doing some mapping. They were asked to help build the runway (probably due to their surveying skills, I'll have to ask Dad).
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si-guy2007 65 months ago | reply
Me thinks, by the time the pilot read the sign, it'd be a tad too late! Great photo. He really was a big man, I didn't realise how tall he was till I saw photo of him next to Sherpa Temsing just recently.
maggith98 33 months ago | reply
very interesting
Aji_Photography 31 months ago | reply
Nice Capture!
nawazish sherazi 14 months ago | reply
Thank you for this interesting info .. and thiss historical picture.