1.   Among tourists, Texans were fairly easy to spot because they tended to be bundled as if they were about to strike out on a polar expedition.

2.   Other polar expeditions are better known.

3.   Two polar expeditions, known by the names of their ships, headed into the ice almost exactly a year apart.

4.   Biscuits, dried meat and other provisions are still stacked in the hut from polar expeditions launched earlier this century, preserved and edible.

5.   Explorer Paul-Emile Victor, the father of French polar expeditions, died Tuesday on his South Pacific island, officials here said.

6.   Rawlins used data in the National Archives that turned out to have nothing to do with the polar expedition.

7.   Hans Christian Erlandsen, who has been in charge of safety on several Norwegian polar expeditions, said the foreign ministry is overreacting.

8.   Norwegian authorities will not cover the cost of rescue operations on polar expeditions in the future, Norwegian Foreign Minister Bjoern Tore Godal said on Wednesday.

9.   Norwegians are fond of polar expeditions.