Word: poling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Antarctic is no place for amateurs; and softspoken, leathery Finn Ronne is no amateur. His father was with Roald Amundsen when he discovered the South Pole; and Ronne, brought up in the mountains of Norway, first went to the Antarctic with Rear Admiral Byrd in 1933. When he goes back in a year or two ("There is a lure . . ."), Mrs. Ronne will not be with him. Says she: "Why, I didn't wear a dress the whole time I was there. The next time, I stay home...
Hammer (1:30)--Felton, Thorndike Ward; high jump (2:00)--Harrigan, Jenkins; pole vault (2:00)--Lockett, Lawrence, Torrey; broad jump (2:00)--Thayer, Kumpel; discus (2:30)--Felton, Cameron, Tootell; javelin (3:00)--Trimble, Holbrook, von Saltza; shot put (3:30)--Trimble, Tootell...
...Pole vault--Won by Lockett (H); the for second between Lawrence (H) and Sherman (RIS). Height: 12 feet, six inches...
...Pole vault--Won by A. Lockett (H); second, O. Torrey (H); third, W. Lawrence (H). Height: 12 feet...
...Mediterranean. Dramatic dashes to the North Pole take up little space in To the Arctic! Author Mirsky is never stingy in enthusiasm, but she keeps her eyes steadily on the varieties of men who so tenaciously explored and charted the Arctic that it may become what the Mediterranean was to the ancients-the natural connecting route between the principal centers of civilization...