Dog Sledders Set Record in Reaching North Pole
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Five explorers using huskies and wooden sleds reached the North Pole, setting a world record by arriving 4 hours and 49 minutes faster than a 37-day trek by American explorer Adm. Robert E. Peary on the same journey in 1909, the expedition team said. British explorer Tom Avery wanted to prove that it was possible to make the 475-mile trip from Cape Columbia in Canada’s Nunavut province in the time claimed by Peary.
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