Foreward
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SIR EDMUND HILLARY
The man who scaled Everest reflects back on his historic journey 50 years later
 
Photo Essay:
THE TOP OF THE WORLD

THE RACE TO THE NORTH POLE
Robert E. Peary claimed he got there first. But so did Frederick A. Cook. Who seized the Arctic Grail?

EVEREST
Simply by being there, a Himalayan peak posed the ultimate challenge

Photo Essay:
SHACKLETON

THE GREAT SURVIVOR
When Ernest Shackleton's overland expedition failed, he set off on the most daring boat trip ever

THE MANFISH
The undersea world of Jacques Cousteau was a colorful, poetic, magical place

Photo Essay:
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED

THE FLIERS
The brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright take to the skies

TO THE MOON AND BEYOND
In 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin proved there were new worlds to conquer

80 Days That Changed the World
TIME celebrates its 80th anniversary
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Lewis and Clark
TIME reflects on this epic journey 200 years later
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"Antarctica"
Images from the acclaimed book by Pat and Rosemarie Keough


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POSTED SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003

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