"Sur" by Ursula Le Guin
1. How and why would the story be different if told from a man's point of view?
2. What does the narrator suggest would differ if men had undertaken the exact same journey as the women?
3. What qualities of women make them successful on the quest to get to the South Pole?
4. What about the South Pole draws the women to explore it?
5. Why are the women so secretive about their journey?