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Sir George Hubert Wilkins, lacking his hat as he usually does in springtime, strode into an obscure store of lower Manhattan last week. The store is only locally obscure. Among explorers it is world famed. The sign outside carries the legend: Fiala Outfits. That is sufficient. Anthony Fiala, 61. is the foremost U. S. outfitter of expeditions. Originally a lithographer and photographer, he sidled into the outfitting business after twice trying to reach the North Polewith the Baldwin-Ziegler (1901-02) and the Ziegler (1903-05) expeditions. He accompanied Roosevelt through Brazil in 1913-14....
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