Tag: South Pole
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Elation and tragedy as explorers push limits
Four women triumphed yesterday after rowing across the Pacific. But in Antarctica, a solo expedition ended in disaster. Should we admire those who push the human body to new limits?
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Tragic polar expedition remembered 100 years on
Robert Falcon Scott raced through icy blizzards to reach the South Pole – only to discover he had been beaten to it. Three months later, he was dead. But why does his legend live on?