Pole to Pole
Day 140: Patriot Hills to the Thiel Mountains

We are flying into what the locals call 'the interior' - a flat plateau with few distinguishing features, rising from 4000 feet at Patriot Hills to an official 9348 feet at the Pole, though local atmospheric conditions there give a pressure altitude of 10,600 feet.
On the way we have to put down at the Thiel Mountains for a refuelling stop, and to give Dan time to drop some fuel for Kazama-San's expedition, which will pass near by.
After two or three approaches as Dan and Scott search for the oil drums, we put down on the ice, at a spot called King's Peak. After two and a half hours sitting in the plane, unable to change position, it is a relief to clamber down onto the ice, even if it is into the teeth of a strong, bitingly cold wind.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Pole to Pole
- Day: 140
- Country/sea: Antarctica
- Place: Thiel Mountains
- Book page no: 316
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