May 21, 2010
Some advance reviewers understandably lamented the absence of pictures. Random House's hardcover edition, available June 15, has three dozen spectacular color images.
Some also questioned whether what happened in 2004 was actually a race. Great question. Webster's primary def is "the act of running." It wasn't that, obviously. Nor "a strong or rapid current of water flowing through a narrow channel." (Secondary Web. def) But "a contest or rivalry involving progress toward a goal?" Absolutely, positively.
And Nat Geo called it "Race to the Center of the Earth" in April 2004.
Really, though, both expeditions' achievements are more important than any label.
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