WORLD IN BRIEF : ANTARCTICA : Italian, German Join in Unaided Crossing
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Italian Reinhold Messner and West German Arved Fuchs became the first to cross Antarctica without the aid of dogs or machinery. A West German magazine said they finished their 1,550-mile trek after 91 days, using sails and wind power to help pull their sledges.
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