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Warm and winding where subdued sunlight...
...August or September, plans call for more sledding on firm ice until the long winter night sets in. They will camp again from October until March when the daily quota of sunlight is large enough for travel, having drifted near the North Pole during that North encampment. Then they will have to race against the spring surface melt and hopefully arrive at Longyearbyen on Spitzbergen Island in mid-June. There the H.M.S. Endurance will be on hand to return them to England
There they stand in the landscape, great, granite figures-some 13 feet tall and weighing up to 2½ tons. Their hollow gaze seems to follow the visitor; their enigmatic expressions change from minute to minute in the shifting sunlight. "When you look at one, you know it represents someone-someone to whom you could give a name," says Archaeologist Roger Grosjean, 47, the man responsible for bringing the monuments to light. Corsica's sculptured menhirs (from Breton men-stone, and hir-long) are among the oldest monumental statues in Europe. Says Grosjean: "For the origin of sculpture, these...
...occasion, a postwar record number of peers (377 out of the 700-odd eligible members) jammed the benches, spilling over onto the steps of the Queen's vacant throne and standing at the other end of the chamber. Late afternoon sunlight streamed through the tall west windows, flecking the gilded hall with the reds, blues, purples and whites of ancient aristocrats memorialized in stained glass above the heads of their descendants. The lords milled about, unaccustomed to the crush. The confusion became so great that at one point Lord Salisbury, 74, struggling to his feet, got tangled...
...projects always seem to start with a thud, then prosper with a vengeance. His Astrodome, for example. Hailed as "the Eighth Wonder of the World," the air-conditioned stadium began with a clear plastic roof. Baseball players lost fly balls in the glare, so the dome was painted. Then sunlight could not reach the grass, which withered, so artificial turf was laid down. Now everybody is happy...