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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 08 > First polar trek: 100 years later, cynicism lingers

First polar trek: 100 years later, cynicism lingers

By Monica Hesse / The Bulletin
April 8, 2009

You cannot plant a flag on the North Pole.

It is not Antarctica. It is not a body of land, but a mathematical spot, a maze of shifting ice floes that would swiftly carry any marker away from true north. When explorers reach the Pole, they must rely on navigational instruments and witnesses to....

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