A member of the Ross Sea Party support team, along with the Southern Tractor Party – Edmund Hillary, Murray Ellis, Jim Bates, Peter Mulgrew and Derrick Wright – left Scott Base on 14 October 1957 with 10 tonnes of cargo, three Ferguson tractors and a Weasel (tracked vehicle) in tow. They charted a route from Scott Base to the South Pole and cached supplies and food en-route, reaching the South Pole on 4 January 1958.
