British couple break polar record
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A husband and wife become the first British couple to trek to the South Pole without motorised vehicles.
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Frostbite and hundreds of miles of icy crevasses pose timeless dangers in a new international race to the South Pole nearly a century after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen beat Britain's Robert Scott to reach it.
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Eurostar set a new Paris to London rail  speed record of just over two hours on Tuesday with the first  train to use Britain's long-awaited high speed track at over  186 mph (299 kph).
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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Among the thousands of people frantically flapping in the snow Saturday in an attempt to set the record for the most snow angels ever made were parents, children, even snowplow drivers.
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NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters Life!) - It's billed as running's greatest adventure but participants in the eighth Antarctica Marathon described it as their greatest challenge after completing the harsh 26.2 mile course on Monday.
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PROVIDENCE, RI - Scientists believe a 50-million-year record of the Earth&#39;s climate lies in an underwater mountain chain in the ice-clogged waters near the North Pole.
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Silver for the women&#39;s quad yesterday sealed Britain&#39;s biggest Olympic rowing tally since 1928, which they matched with a gold, two silvers and a bronze.
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Blog: British research shows glaciers moving faster than ever.
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Southern stars: 3000 metres women&#39;s pursuit gold medallist Sarah Ulmer, right, hug&#39;s Australia&#39;s silver medallist Katie Mactier after beating her in a record breaking final.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A pair of teenagers who spent more than two straight days publicly glued to a television set say they have set a new world record for uninterrupted TV viewing...
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Sports: 28 December 2004, Tuesday. Bulgaria's alpinists Lyubomir Ivanov and Doychin Vassilev conquered the Antarctic Mizia peak.
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New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer stormed to gold in the women&#39;s individual pursuit in a new world record time. Ulmer, fourth in Sydney four years ago, beat Australia&#39;s Katie Mactier in a time of three minutes 24.
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A team of explorers reached the South Pole on Wednesday after becoming the first adventurers to retrace the steps of Norwegian pioneer Roald Amundsen.
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The United States broke the world record to win the men&#39;s 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet gymnast Alexander
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When Jimmy Haywood and Kenny Roy flew from California to Canada and back, they saw livestock, lakes, a snowcapped mountain &#151; and set a couple of world records.
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An Antarctic honeymoon, an iceberg, and questions about climate change.