/tags/south-pole South Pole en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:50:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-09-28/cocaine-for-snowblindness-what-polar-explorers-packed-for-first-aid The list of items that early Antarctic explorers like Sir Ernest Shackleton and Robert F. Scott packed in their medical kits reads like a "witch's grimoire." Along with strange items like fish swim bladders and 'gold-beater's skin" were psycho-active drugs believed to be medically useful. Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:50:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-09-28/cocaine-for-snowblindness-what-polar-explorers-packed-for-first-aid Maria Godoy /science/2011-12-15/south-pole-science-100-years-on 100 years ago yesterday, Norway’s Roald Amundsen beat England’s Robert Scott in man’s race to reach The South Pole. A mission of science propelled many of… Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:01:00 GMT /science/2011-12-15/south-pole-science-100-years-on