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SCSU Grad Embarks on South Pole Trek [VIDEO]
ANTARCTICA - A St. Cloud State University graduate is one member of a team of explorers trying to break a world record this week.
Jason Thomas and two other men are attempting to break the land speed record to the South Pole. The current record is two-days, 21-hours, and 21-minutes.
They're attempting the record this week because it's the 100th anniversary of the first arrival to the South Pole.
Thomas, and the other two explorers, left on their journey at 7:30 a.m. our time this (Monday) morning. The temperature was five-degrees above zero farenheit.
Thomas is not an explorer, he entered a contest and won the chance to take the trip. He graduated from SCSU in 1999.
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