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South Pole Race: David and Goliath on Ice
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The South Pole Was No Big Deal at All
Supporters of cap n scott justify his actions in ways that suggest the same ambivolence. Scott's final agonized push for the pole involved five men dragging their sledges by hand, mile by painful mile. The south pole was no big deal at all, just a publicity stunt. And failing to reach it first was a staggering shock.
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