Parry's early career had been spent protecting the whaling fleet of Spitsbergen and this experience led him in 1826 to propose to the Admiralty an expedition to the North Pole. In order to reach ...

In 1909, he claimed to be the first person to reach the North Pole, starting a bitter, long-running feud with Admiral Robert ...

the first verified attainment of the North Pole was in 1926 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen - who was also the first person to reach the South Pole. He flew over it on an airship. 10.

Last August, a Russian vessel, the Akademik Fyodorov, became the first ship to reach the North Pole without having to use an icebreaker. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News ...

British explorers Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Charles Burton reach the North Pole and establish themselves as the first party to circle ... Glenn is the oldest person to travel in space.

Aunt Maya: They must be on the way to the North Pole. Rian: We were there before them. Aunt Maya: We were. Rian: Who was the first person to go to the North Pole? Aunt Maya: Well, that is a tricky ...