Word: dogsledding
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Six adventurers reach the South Pole by dogsled, but that is just the halfway mark in a journey across Antarctica. Admiral Peary's claim to have made it to the North Pole gets fresh support.
Probably it is necessary for us to have heroes so that, by inoculation, we will learn to distrust heroes. Baseball idols peddling autographs at $15 a scribble provide this useful disillusion today. A few decades ago, the clay feet -- frostbitten, of course -- were those of polar explorers. Wally Herbert, who...
The matter of marriage was not just figurative. Though Peary's adoring public did not know this, and his loyal wife Jo may have put aside suspicions, Peary had an Eskimo family. So did Henson. In one of the book's most touching passages, Herbert reports that in May 1971...
Butcher, who now lives in Alaska, is the only woman to win the race and the first person to do so two times in a row. Back in Boston last week, Butcher spoke about her experiences on the dogsled and her life in Alaska.
"As we six adventurers from different parts of the world stand where the lines of longitude of all countries meet, (we) believe this journey stands for hope." Minneapolis Teacher Ann Bancroft, 30, tearfully read those words at the North Pole on May 3, marking the emotional end of the first...