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Bleak landscape: Runners in the Midnight Sun Marathon on Baffin Island must cover a gruelling 26-mile gravel course that rises 3,000 feet from start to finish
Bleak landscape: Runners in the Midnight Sun Marathon on Baffin Island must cover a gruelling 26-mile gravel course that rises 3,000 feet from start to finish

Bleak landscape: Runners in the Midnight Sun Marathon on Baffin Island must cover a gruelling 26-mile gravel course that rises 3,000 feet from start to finish

Date7/3/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bleak landscape: Runners in the Midnight Sun Marathon on Baffin Island must cover a gruelling 26-mile gravel course that rises 3;000 feet from start to finish.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0097177F
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