WORLD IN BRIEF : ANTARCTICA : Italian, German Join in Unaided Crossing
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
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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