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Arctic explorer Yamazaki

RESOLUTE, Canada - Japanese adventurer Tetsuhide Yamazaki drills in sea ice to measure its thickness off Resolute, Canada, in the Arctic on Feb. 26, 2013. (Photo by Rintaro Sawano)

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Arctic explorer Yamazaki

RESOLUTE, Canada - Japanese adventurer Tetsuhide Yamazaki rides a dog sled on sea ice off Resolute, Canada, in the Arctic on Feb. 22, 2013. (Photo by Rintaro Sawano)

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Monument to adventurer Kono to be unveiled in Canada

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Picture shows a concept for a monument commemorating Japanese adventurer Hyoichi Kono, only the third person in the world to walk solo to the North Pole. The monument will soon be completed and unveiled May 1 in Resolute, Canada, a Matsuyama-based group said April 8. In May 2001, Kono was found dead in the Arctic Ocean.