A comprehensive story of his life with concentration on his Falklands (FIDS) experience, and the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-58. He is very judicious in describing his relations with Hillary on the later, but a certain animosity comes through.
A Time to Speak: An Autobiography.
Fuchs, Vivian. Oswestry, UK: Anthony Nelson, 1990.
- 1955-58 TAE: Trans-Antarctic Expedition (Fuchs and Hillary).
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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Of Ice and Men: The Story of the British Antarctic Survey, 1943-73.
Fuchs, Vivian. London: Anthony Nelson, 1982.
- Antarctic Reading: General
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A comprehensive history of the first 30 years of BAS, originally known as FIDS (Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey), at first a naval exercise under the Admiralty. In effect it has been one very prolonged British expedition to West Antarctica, with emphasis on the Antarctic Peninsula and its islands.