The ends of the earth

Opening today: "Whiteout," a movie set in Antarctica. Don't fail to miss it. And it's not just in Antarctica, it's in the middle of Antarctica.

My parents had a set of Encyclopedia Americana when I was a kid. I used to look at it fairly often but I always handled the volumes with care. The endpapers featured photographs of the polar regions and they terrified me.

I won't be seeing "Whiteout" in any way, shape or form.