Southern comfort

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Southern comfort

Date3/6/1984

Names

Dunlop, Al (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Southern comfort: Daily workouts with 12-year-old companion; Yukon; in the worst Metro winter conditions are a cinch for Joe Womersley. Up in the land of the midnight sun; the 58-year-old Scarborough runner is known as Arctic Joe. Every year for the past six; he's been running the Nanisivik Midnight Sun Marathon.

Subject

Track and field

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0098753F

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