Wow! Did you see "First Crossings" on TV1 last night. 2 Kiwi fellas reinacted the first east-west crossing via the Whitcombe
Fitzgerald and Biggar were the two fellas. They were the first Kiwis to walk to the South Pole unaided (Fitzgerald even trekked the last half of the 1200km journey with a torn hamstring) and they also set a new world record for rowing across the Atlantic in 2003.
Click her for the newspaper article for the Wellington Dominion Stuff article
Here's some extra bits from EP1 Episode 1 extras
Its a bit like bear grylls.
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