Talk:Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

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I'm lead to believe the CTAE mission lasted from 1955 to 1958 although thus far I have only come across info on the major accomplishment — the first overland crossing of the continent. RedWolf 06:21, Nov 2, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Dubious 3,473 km

That's likely incorrect. Yes, 2,158 miles. But not likely 2,158 statute miles.

Check out the many hits for this Google search (just an "and" search, not specific phrase:[1]

  • Fuchs 4000 km [72,300 hits]

Gene Nygaard 00:47, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Note that 4000/1.853184 = 2,158 (i.e., divide by Admiralty mile = 6080 ft × 0.3048 m/ft × 1 km/1000 m). Gene Nygaard 00:54, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Encyclopædia Britannica uses 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles). But even though I know quite well that Britannica is not all that reliable with numbers such as this, I'd sure hate it if in this particular case Britannica has it right and Wikipedia has it wrong. Gene Nygaard 01:07, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
  • I took that distance from Fuchs' own account in The Crossing of Antarctica, which says "We had travelled 2,158 statute miles from Shackleton to Scott Base via the South Pole." On this evidence I believe the figure to be correct, and I have removed the "dubious" tag. Matt 15:06, 17 December 2007 (UTC). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.196.113 (talk)