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Article: Hunting Antarctica for rocks from space.(Neighbor)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- July 23, 2001
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Byline: Naomi Dillon Daily Herald Staff Writer
If you start to feel your blood boil the next time you hear your flight has been delayed or cancelled, think of Paul Sipiera and count to ten.
Why? Because you probably can't top the Algonquin resident when it comes to weathering inconvenience.
Flight delay? Try twiddling your thumbs for nine days while you wait for the plane to pick you up.
Bumpy landings? How would you like to land on ice the next time you touch down at O'Hare?
True, these aren't horror stories from any major airport. But in fact, there is no airport in Antarctica.
A professor of astronomy and geology ...