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Polar Opposites
From:
The Washington Post
| Date:
February 9, 2003| Author:
Reviewed by Charles Wilson
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ESCAPE FROM LUCANIA
An Epic Story of Survival
By David Roberts
Simon & Schuster. 206 pp. $23
SCOTT, SHACKLETON AND AMUNDSEN
Ambition and Tragedy in the Antarctic
By David Thomson
Thunder's Mouth. 306 pp. Paperback, $15.95
LOST IN THE ARCTIC
Explorations on the Edge
By Laurence Millman
Thunder's Mouth. 368 pp. Paperback, $15.95
As the last reaches of the Earth have been mapped, it has become
more difficult to st...
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