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...advance the cause of peace in the Middle East, four Israeli and four Palestinian climbers--including former combatants in the fighting--scaled a hitherto unconquered mountain in remote Antarctica last week and raised their flags on its summit. The Israeli-born businessman behind the plan, HESKEL NATHANIEL, then read a proclamation calling for an end to violence and dubbed the peak the Mountain of Israeli-Palestinian Peace...
...American to ski from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole. But there was something wrong with the trip: it was too darn slow. So, working with bike designer and aerospace engineer Dan Hanebrink, Stoup came up with an alternative to skis: a bike that he could ride in Antarctica. The ice bike has no plastic parts (which would freeze and shatter in the extreme conditions), and the superfat, low-pressure tires provide traction in situations that would make a mountain bike weep. After a successful trial earlier this year, Stoup says he is ready to pedal to the Pole...
Forgive me for saying this, but you don't look as if you could have crossed Antarctica. [Bancroft...
Very expensive. I would say that this Antarctica trip, with all of the people behind us, was probably $1.5 million...
...Antarctica Adventure Explorer Ann Bancroft discusses her new book, which details her record-breaking 1,700-mile trek across Antarctica...