A New Year a New Pole 12 January 2005 Poles Marek Kamiñski, Janek Mela and TV cinematographer Wojciech Ostrowski reached the South Pole on the last day of 2004. Mela, age 16, a senior high school student from Malbork, had his right arm and left leg amputated below the knee following a 15,000-volt electric shock in July 2003. He is the youngest man in history and the first handicapped individual to reach both poles in one year. In April 2004, also with Kamiñski, Mela stood on the North Pole. Kamiñski, age 40, was the first man in history to reach...