Dr. V.E. Fuchs, leader of the expedition, discusses plans and preparations with David Attenborough, and members of the expedition demonstrate some of their special equipment.
In the studio Dr. V.E. Fuchs and members of the expedition tell David Attenborough of their final preparations. At Butler's Wharf the Captain of the Magga Dan talks about the ship.
Dr. Rainer Goldsmith and R. H. A. Stewart, back from Shackleton Base, tell of their experiences during the year they were isolated in the Antarctic. Donald Milner, the BBC Correspondent who accompanied the expedition, describes the voyage.
Sir Vivian Fuchs Leader of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition describes The Crossing of the Antarctic and shows film taken during the epic and historic journey from Shackleton to Scott Base, a distance of over 2,000 miles.
