title: Reading the binary file shows unreadable characters
body: <p>Here is the binary file:</p>
  
  <p><a href="ftp://n5eil01u.ecs.nsidc.org/SAN/GLAS/GLA14.034/2003.02.28/GLA14_634_1102_002_0071_0_01_0001.DAT" rel="nofollow">ftp://n5eil01u.ecs.nsidc.org/SAN/GLAS/GLA14.034/2003.02.28/GLA14_634_1102_002_0071_0_01_0001.DAT</a></p>
  
  <p>I tried to read that file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>fname = "GLA14_634_1102_002_0071_0_01_0001.DAT"
  with open (fname, 'rb') as fi:
      lines = fi.read().splitlines()
      print len(lines)    
      print lines[-1]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The number of lines '844514' seems correct.</p>
  
  <p>BUT the last line is shown as unreadable characters.</p>
  
  <p>How can I read it correctly?</p>