Baxter, Stephen. "No Longer Touch the Earth"
What if: The universe really is a set of crystal spheres.
Summary: Hermann Göring attempts to become the first man to fly to the south polar axis, but Eddie Rickenbacker gets there at the same time.
Published: In Interzone #72 (June 1993) and Traces, HarperCollins UK/Voyager 1998 (0002254271).
Original in: English.
Translation: French by Michègle Charrier as "Tu ne toucheras plus jamais terre", in Aventures Lointaines 01, Denoël 1999 (2207249565).