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Article: An Unfinished Trek Through the Arctic; In Canada, Mourners Remember Japanese Man Who Died Doing What He Loved
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- The Washington Post
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- June 3, 2001
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In the end, there was just a thin layer of ice between Hyoichi
Kohno and death. The Japanese explorer who had constantly challenged
nature took a step and fell through the ice into the chilly waters of
the Arctic Ocean after walking 420 miles south from the North Pole.
He was heading home on what was to have been a solo 9,300-mile
journey, walking, skiing, and kayaking to Kawanohama, his Japanese
village by the sea.
Last week, his body was flown to Edmonton. Family and friends came
from Japan to celebrate his life. "He said to me, 'I won't die. . . .
I will return,' " Kohno's wife, Junko Kohno, told mourners at a
funeral service Friday. "I believe he feels great regret for not
having done ...
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