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...facts are these: in 1910 British navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott set out on his second expedition to Antarctica. Studying penguins was important, but there was also the urgency of beating the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen to the South Pole. The British brought motorized sleds and shaggy ponies but not enough dog teams. The sleds and horses soon broke down. On Jan. 18, 1912, Scott and four companions finally dragged themselves to the bottom of the world, where they found a month-old note from Amundsen. On the way back the runners-up had to fight fatigue, blizzards and temperatures...
Also, sophomore Terence Mann defied gravity like he never had before, leaping a college best for second place in the high jump (6'10"1/4), freshman Steve Brannon pole vaulted his way to second place (16'0"3/4) and junior Daniel Dusek placed third in the discus...
...Urban Development under Bush has lined up top fund raisers and will relocate his political-action committee from Washington to strategically important California this week. He becomes the instant front runner if he jumps in, but campaign veterans are worried that he lacks the discipline to hold the pole position for long...
Eighteen year-old kid, headed for Harvard, dies by electrocution on spring break. Grabbed a pole to hoist his 6'2," 215-pound frame out of a jacuzzi. The pole--I don't know why--was electrified. It never should have been...
...Fire on the Snow.A symbolic interpretation of Captain Scott's 1911 expedition to the South Pole. Men at the edge of the world and at the edge between life and death. Cabot House Underground Theatre, 8 p.m. $2:$3 at the door. For tickets, call Will Posten...