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| | The Scotsman - UK - South Pole expedition sets £1m charity target (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Edinburgh-based Craig Mathieson and his colleague Fiona Taylor will be taking part in the Scot100 adventure, which coincides with the centenary celebrations of the first Scottish National Antarctic Expedition by the explorer William Spiers Bruce. |
 | | The duo plan to strike out from Hercules Inlet, in Antarctica, across 730 miles of snow and ice to the South Pole, a journey that is expected to take about 60 days. |
 | | Speaking at the launch of their fundraising campaign at the Antarctic Museum, Discovery Point in Dundee, Mr Mathieson, 34, said: "The expedition will push us to our limits, emotionally, mentally and physically, but we have the self-belief in ourselves and in each other to make it a reality. |
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