Kamis, 05 Oktober 2017

Impossible Heights: The Alaskan Miners Who Conquered Mount McKinley

The Sourdough Expedition was a sweet success—sort of. Following his departure from Fairbanks, Alaska, in December 1909, miner Thomas Lloyd had sent only one communication out of the frigid Alaskan interior. The short message, delivered by a fellow miner sometime later, conveyed only that Lloyd had lost some weight and that his expedition was in …

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