au 6 Castlegar News January 29,1989 Janvory 29,1989 Ci SOUTH POLE + Flamingo Point, Antarctica, nearly 1,000 kilometres from the South Pole, rises out of the 2,500-metre thick ice of the Polar Plateau. A group of 11 skiers recently completed: a 49-day cross-country ski trip to the Pole: Skiers rejuvenated By RHODA METCALFE White horse Star f WHITEHORSE, Y.T. (CP) — There \mikht be easier Ways to experience spiritual rejuvenation, but few as challenging as skiing to the South Pole.” “When you're skiing 10 hours a day with nothing but shifting snow to look at you have a lot of time to think,” Martyn Williams, Yukon leader of an ]1-member South Pole expedition, said “Talking to everybody afterward, they said they found it quite a spiritual experience .. . they had a lot of time just —to__think about themselves, about life," Williams said from Punta Arenas, Chile The expedition members flew to Chile Friday from their base camp on the edge of the Antarctic continent They recently completed a 49-day cross-country ski trip ,to the Pole, ° exactly years after Robert Scott's five-man expeidtion arrived there. The entire Scott expedition perished on the retirn trip. Adventure Network, based in Vancouver and Mountain Travel, a California company, offered the trip to five Americans and one Indian for. about $100,000 apiece. Adventure Network also supplied five men to lead and pack supplies across the 1,200 kilometres of snow and ice. MOVED SUPPLIE “One of the amazing things about the Antarctic trip was how well everybody got along,” said Stuart Hamilton, the second Yukoner in the expedition, who drove a supply-packed snowmobile during the trip ‘When you think we had an colonel from the Indian army and a colonel from the American’ army, a several Midwestern American businessmen, people thought there's no way we could all get alon; Williams said seemingly. small incidents like the length of a break or a too-rapid skiing pace became magnified from time to time. But the expedition members were always aware that the longer the trip, the colder the temperatures would get toward the end ‘and our definition of really bad. weather expanded-as the trip continued.” Weather that would have seemed hopeless at the beginning was good enough for a 30-kilometre ski at.the end, Williams said—Overnight-storms-often-buried the expedition tents in snow Although temperatures dropped to -30 C, constant daylight created a great deal of solar heat that was absorbed by dark clothing. KEPT WAR: “We arrived at the pole and we were wandering around virtually in shirtsleeves,” Hamilton said But each day of skiing was exhausting “We had cards and books on the trip, but generally we were so tired at the end of the day that people just crashed,” Williams said. “They even had problems keeping up with their diaries.” Although the group ate great quantities of food, particularly fats, each expedition member lost between two to 13 kilograms, Williams said The ‘only injury occurred when Harvard student Victoria Murden fell and dislocated her wrist halfway through the trip. The wrist was repositioned and she continued. “I think the significant part of this expedition is _1988 TRANS AM GTA $21,888 ary low Priced tor below replacement ...1988 CAMARO IROC a. $18,888 _1988 GMC ¥2-TON $10,888 Finished in smart Arctic white One low miles. 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Mrs. Berry Chapman of Nelson, a girl, born Jan. 17 was born at Wolstanton on Trent, Staf {les tordshire, England in 1893. She came to CUNNINGHAM — To Alvin ond Heather Trail fram Toranta in 1980 to be closer_to. Tunningham, a boy. born Jon. 14 her grandchildren. In 1982 she became a resident of Colombia View Lodge and FUZZEN — To Ed and Kim Fuzzen, a boy ater of the Mater Misericordiae born Jan. 7 Hospital. Funeral services wee conduc : ted Jar Carberry’s Memorial GARNETT — To Jim and Charlene Gar- Chapel by Rev. David Rolfe. Cremation nett of Trail, @ boy i has taken place KOOCHIN — To Steve or CARMICHAEL Donald Alexander of Castlegar, a girl, borr Jiggs) Carmichael, a well-known * esident of Nelson, died peacetully on LaBOUNTY To Lee 9 _ Jon. 12 at the age of 84. Born on Feb. 24 toBounty of Nelson. a gir 1904 in the former town of Fairview near Oliver. B.C.) he was one of six McFADDEN — To Steve ond Tracy M children of Frederika W. Kruger and Fadden of Trail, a boy, born Jan. 16 Duncan A. Carmichael. He followed his ee 3 brother Fred to Nelson in 1927, joining McKINNON —_Te-Robert aed joonne the department of highways a year later McKinnon of Trail, @ girl, born Ja: and retiring in 1969, Funeral services 20 in Coquitlam after @ long battle with cancer. He was 62. Born in Trail Page was employed at Cominco as a millwright for 42 years, retiring in 1985. Cremation has taken place and g service of remembrance will be held in frail ata later date PICCOLO — Antonio {Iony) Piccolo died Jan. 21 at the Trail Regional Hospital of ter a lengthy illness. He was 78. Born in Field, B.C. in 1911, Mr. Piccolo grew up in Kamloops. He came to Trail in 1936 where he worked for Cominco in the in strumentation department as a mechanical technician for 40 years. He retired in 1976. For a time, Mr. Piccolo was part owner in a Trail jewelry store and did watch repairs, Reciting of the rosary took place Jan. 24 in St. Fraficis Xavier Church. Funeral celebrated at St 25 with nor Armando Maglio offering Cremation tollowed SUTHERLAND €dword—{Ted)-Roberr Sutherland, age 70, of Winlaw, died Jan 20 at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver 3 were held Jan. 17 at First Presbyterian MARIIN —_lo Jett and bam Martin a —thurrh SrTaTon ti towed boy, born Jan. 7 KINNIS — Mary Winnifred (nee Egdel! ROSENBERG — Ic R Kinnis died in Burnaby Hospital on Jan. berg of Nelson, a girl, born J 8. She was 98. Born in Newcastle on — Tyne’. Englarid, in 1890, Mrs. Kinnis came WILLIAMS — To Kelly W and to Canodo in 1911. She married Torgersen, a girl, born Jan. 19 businessman George Kinnis in Trail in 1 lowing his death in 1940, she VANDER PLOEG — To John and Wendy Vancouver. Funeral services Vander Ploeg of Castlegar, a girl, born were held at St. Alban’s Church mm Bur Dec. 30. maby. Her ashes have been buried beside her husband George in Trail VOYKIN ~~ To Keith and Susan Voykin of . * 4 Castlegar. @ girl, born Dec 75 PAGE — Donald Wallace Page died Jan 64 STIEGAR . ‘ cast ai PR . 3? %,° Zz “Gary Fleming > Zt Dianne Kootnikotf oi ING SALES o ADVERTIS! Bi 02 5 2s OFFICE 365-5210 7.000-66 Cc 2 (FALCON | PAINTING & DECORATING AVENUE a é FOURTH meee "OU DRVEN a FORD La rey ewas-bor and came to Winlaw at the age of two Mr. Sutherland worked os a logger and 10 the sawmills until his retirement from Slotan Forest Products in 1983. He ser ved overseas five years in the Canadian Armed Forces during#the Second Wotld War. By request of the deceased, there will be no funeral service. and cremation has taken place SWETLISHOFF Mike Swetlishott of Nelson died Jan.-19 in Fernie District Hospital ot the age of 70. Funeral and.