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This just in …
An Interview with Morton Beebe and Geoffrey Lee Martin
Click here to watch the video
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Encounters at the End of the World — A Film by Werner Herzog
See the amazing trailer at: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809934728/video/8103520
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The amazing Antarctic photographs of Pat and Rosemarie Keoughs
Available at http://www.keough-art.com/photo.html
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Remembering the Expedition
A slideshow narrated by journalist Geoffrey Lee Martin, who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on the Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957-58, is now available.
He is the author of Hellbent for the Pole, an account of his trip.
Geoffrey shot all of the images in the slideshow on a 35mm Kodak Retina II camera, using Kodachrome film.
http://www.smh.com.au/multimedi
Geoffrey surprised Morton with an email on November 27th, 2007, following nearly 50 years of radio silence. Here’s an excerpt of the communication:
G’day, Morton…
This is a voice from McMurdo Sound, 50 years ago — I’m Geoffrey Lee Martin. You may remember we flew to the South Pole, Jan 18, 1958, with Rear Admiral George Dufek and Sir Edmund Hillary to meet Vivian Fuchs’ party there on Jan 20.
Click here to read the complete email exchange.
Let’s establish a New Hillary Medal for Bravery, Innovation & Service To Mankind.This will encourage and foster the behavior in others that Sir Ed Hillary so amply exhibited throughout his adult life.The medal and the annual award ceremony will be the equivalent of an Explorers Club Nobel Peace Prize.It will start a tradition of celebration and honor for the legacy of this very special person who set the example for us: for extraordinary achievement in exploration and exceptional service to humankind.I would be happy to form a committee to get the medal designed and to set up the award recipient selection process (be it Explorers Club members-driven or some other committee)… It would be nice if there were a sponsor for it and a cash prize in addition to the medal. This would help encourage humanitarian explorers to reach for excellence in all that they do on and above Planet Earth.Their activities could be tracked live for a full year on our website and cataloged ad infinitum on-line as part of our historical record.After a number of years, we could create a book outlining the achievements of these exceptional explorer/humanitarians.
What do others in the Explorers Club think about this?
Could I have your feedback please?
Sincerely,
Mary Elizabeth Gray
MR ‘97
Former Chair of the Presidential Lecture Committee