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\fs24 \cf2 \ul \ulc2 Mother Nature Network}} \fs24 \cf3 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\fs26 \cf0 BY KERRY LEARY \fs24 \cf3 \
\fs26 \cf0 ANCHOR NEVILLE MILLER \fs24 \cf3 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\fs26 \cf0 A noted British explorer is setting off on a six-month Antarctica expedition.
{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.kxlh.com/home/"}}{\fldrslt \cf2 \ul \ulc2 KXLH reports.}}
\fs24 \cf3 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \b\fs26 \cf0 \'93Sir Ranulph Fiennes will
lead a team aiming to complete the first ever winter crossing of Antarctica on foot. A grueling
expedition known as "the coldest journey" that's just getting underway and won't be
complete for over a year, surviving temperatures that average 60-below.\'94
\b0\fs24 \cf3 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \fs26 \cf0 The six-member team will cross
4,000 kilometers on foot... We\'92re cold just thinking about Antarctica. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://tv.msnbc.com/"}}{\fldrslt \cf2 \ul \ulc2 MSNBC has more about the 68-year-old
Fiennes.\ulnone }} \fs24 \cf3 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b\fs26 \cf0 \'93He has survived a literal heart attack on the slope of Mount Everest
and he once had such a bad case of frostbite he amputated the ends of his own fingers with
a microsaw.\'94 \b0\fs24 \cf3 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\fs26 \cf0 The group set out Monday for Capetown, South Africa in preparation for the expedition.
{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/ranulph-fiennes-prepares-for-coldest-journey-on-earth"}}{\fldrslt \cf2 \ul \ulc2 But Mother Nature Network reports}},
there is already a complication. \fs24 \cf3 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b\fs26 \cf0 \'93Raising the bar on what would already be a life-threatening journey is the
U.K. Government's insistence that the six-person team bring along two 20-tonne tractors to
support the crossing. The tractors make it less likely the government will be called
upon in the event of a rescue operation.\'94 \b0\fs24 \cf3 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\fs26 \cf0 If everything goes according to plan, the exploration should be completed
around September 21, but they\'92ll have to wait until January 2014 to head back to Britain
because that\'92s the soonest a polar vessel will be able to reach them... thanks to the
cold temperatures. \fs24 \cf3 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\fs26 \cf0 Prince Charles wished the team, "God speed and every possible good fortune
in this wonderful, dotty adventure\'94 {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.thecoldestjourney.org/"}}{\fldrslt
\cf2 \ul \ulc2 on the Coldest Journey\'92s official website.\ulnone }}
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