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The Day Mankind Swallowed the Globe

Posted December 15, 2011 8:45 AM

From Gizmodo:

A century is not a very long time. Life is short or whatever, but people live to be 100. One hundred years ago yesterday, we had never touched the southernmost point on earth. We had automobiles. And planes. But we'd never been to the South Pole.

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12/15/2011 10:03 AM

...and the understatement "I may be gone some time" entered folklore.

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12/15/2011 11:43 PM

That and "I'm just going for a walk in the snow...."

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