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A Tale of Antarctic Survival

By John Walters on Thursday, October 25, 2001.

In 1914, an explorer named Ernest Shackleton led a crew of 27 on an expedition to travel by ship to Antarctica and then become the first to cross the continent on foot.
Their ship, The Endurance, was caught by advancing ice. What happened after that was a remarkable story of survival. It took nearly two years, but Shackleton got all his men back safely. The story is told in a new film called "The Endurance", directed and produced by Holderness resident George Butler. The film is showing this Saturday at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College. http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/hop

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Rating Public Schools

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, October 25, 2001.

A new survey shows most New Hampshire residents don?t really know how well their schools are doing. We?ll ask why that?s happening, and we?ll talk about the tools you can use to rate your school. Laura talks with UNH Survey Cener director Andy Smith and NHPR's Jon Greenberg.

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How Concord Copes With Life After September 11th

By Doug MacPherson on Thursday, October 25, 2001.

IT SEEMS EVERY CORNER OF AMERICA HAS BEEN AFFECTED IN SOME WAY BY THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH AND THE AFTERMATH.
TO GAUGE THE IMPACT ON ONE NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMUNITY, N-H-P-R?S DOUG MACPHERSON SPOKE WITH PROFESSIONALS WHO HELP RESIDENTS OF CONCORD STRUGGLING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE CHANGED REALITIES. HE FILED THIS REPORT.

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What NH Doesn't Know About Its Schools

By Trish Anderton on Thursday, October 25, 2001.

A new study prepared by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center has found that a majority of state residents don?t know how well their schools are performing.

People across the state tend to think that their school?s perform above average and spend above average.

That's true even in low performing and low spending districts.

UNH conducted the survey on behalf of a partnership of organizations including New Hampshire Public Radio.

Doug Hall, with the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, also a partner in the effort, described the findings to NHPR's Trish Anderton.

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