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We Asked an Astrophysicist About Aliens, Mars and the Origin of Everything - Brian Keating
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The History of the South Pole Race
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A race to reach the South Pole in park, which is as close to the most boring Undeveloped, you know pure white hellscape of a frozen planet and any science fiction movie ever seen. The Norwegians were very comfortable using animals as their rockets You know as their exploration vehicles driving them Knowing full well that once you got to the top of the South Pole or plateau it's about 9,000 feet above sea level. So they had to ski up over these dangerous things called crevasses and people would die in and freeze to death And so they'd skip the dogs would pull them up and then the way home They don't need the dogs for lunch at the top
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