English explorer William Scoresby kicked off the 19th century's Arctic craze when he became the new record holder for reaching the northernmost point yet on Earth in 1806. Expeditions in the first ...

“The history of the many attempts to reach the North Pole,” Norwegian author and adventurer Erling Kagge writes, “is also the history of how illusions of a frozen wasteland can lure people to their ...

In 1994, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge completed the “Three Poles Challenge,” becoming the first person to reach the North Pole, South Pole and summit of Mount Everest on foot — without using dogs, ...

In the blink of an eye in geological time, Canada has lost one north pole but gained another, a new and different claim to be ...

There is quite the debate about who reached the North Pole first, but there is no consensus according to Tara Ocean Foundation. Their website noted, “American explorer Richard E. Byrd led several ...