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Cover Page -- Also Published By The University Of Minnesota Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue -- Map Of Route To The South Pole -- Fruit Is Best Enjoyed When Ripe -- Ski Touring Between The Covers Of A Book -- Finding My Own Way -- A First Test In Greenland -- Skiing Against The Tide -- My Provocative Announcement -- Hardening Myself In The Himalayas -- Have You Ever Hauled A Sled, My Dear? -- Training With Tires And Pavarotti -- The Earthquake -- You Can Achieve What You Want -- From The Cold North To The Freezing South Steak And Red Wine In Chile-and We're Off -- Alone At Last -- Wind, Weather, And Proper Clothing -- I'm Enjoying Myself! -- Message No. 6: Finish South Pole -- And The Satellites Keep Orbiting -- A Quiet Toast Halfway -- I Own A Country Of The Heart That No One Else Can Touch -- High Sastrugi And Deep Crevasses -- Silent Night, Holy Night -- Gourmet Lunch And Champagne -- Back To Civilization -- What Next? -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Metric To Standard Conversions -- Expedition Log -- Menu -- Equipment List -- Explorers To The South Pole -- Untitled Liv Arnesen; Foreword By Ann Bancroft; Translated By Roland Huntford. Norwegian Edition Published In 1995 As Snille Piker Går Ikke Til Sydpolen--title Page Verso. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.