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The vessel, which sank off the coast of Canada in 1962, was used by the explorer on his final voyage to the continent

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The origins of the landmark vessel 'Fram', captained by Roald Amundsen, began in the Fair City itself having been designed by Colin Archer

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Captain Robert Falcon Scott lay cold, frostbitten and dehydrated in a tent in Antarctica. He was accompanied by two companions – Edward Wilson and “Birdie” Bowers. Knowing death was near, he lay in his frigid sleeping bag and scrawled final messages to his friends, loved ones, and supporters.

The Egyptian Graduate Research Assistant at the Caltech Institute, Ahmed Soliman, spent two days inside a tent in -50 degrees weather in the South Pole. Soliman is also a research assistant at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He has been in the South Pole for the last four months as…

Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent. Because so little moisture falls as rain or snow, Antarctica is classified as a desert.