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...earth. Very few have done so, of course, because it's hard going--and because only in the past decade have travel companies offered would-be Arctic explorers the kind of expedition they could manage. The company that pioneered such trips, Northwest Passage, is planning its fifth trek to the geographic North Pole starting in early February with a six-day training session on Baffin Island. In April a party of eight to 15 will fly charter aircraft from Resolute Bay, Nunavut, to within 150 miles of the pole. Then, under a 24-hr. polar sun, in often subzero temperatures...
...actually think it's really convenient. I wouldn't have made the trek to UHS," Elizabeth T. B. Murphy '03 said...
Billing it as a "college invasion" weekend, the organizers originally expected about 50 students to make the trek to New Hampshire. In the end, over 150 students from 19 universities, some as far south as George Washington University and William and Mary, joined Harvard canvassers over Columbus Day weekend...
Over 50 people made the four-mile trek on either Harvard's outdoor and indoor tracks to raise money for the homeless shelter's renovations. The walkathon raised more than $2,000, surpassing coordinators' expectations...
...Harvard, parents galore attend each and every game, even from the far reaches of the continent, often bearing pastries, sandwiches and other assorted goodies. Had I been a varsity athlete, my parents would not have routinely made the trek up from New York. I guess they just don't love me as much...