Topic: South Pole
7 women reach South Pole after 562-mile ski trek
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7 women complete 562-mile ski trek to South Pole to mark Commonwealth's foundation in 1950Seven women on a 562-mile (900 kilometer) Antarctic ski trek reached the South Pole Thursday, 38 days after they began their adventure to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Commonwealth. "I'm ...
CO2 curve ticks upward as key climate talks loom
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At 11,000 feet, Hawaii station tracks troubling upward curve of C02 as climate talks loomThe readings at this 2-mile-high station show an upward curve as the world counts down to climate talks: Global warming gases have built up to record levels in the atmosphere, from emissions that match scientists ...
Doctor in 1999 South Pole rescue dies in Mass.
AP News
Jerri Nielsen, cancer-stricken doctor rescued from South Pole in 1999, dies in Mass. at 57Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole a decade ago, has died after the disease recurred. She was 57. Her husband, Thomas FitzGerald ...
Doctor in dramatic South Pole rescue dies in Mass.
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Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole, has died at age 57. Her husband, Thomas FitzGerald, said she died Tuesday at their home in Southwick, Mass. Her cancer had been in remission until it returned in August ...
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