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Richard Byrd got the Medal of Honor for flying over this directional extreme in 1926, but may have actually been off by miles |
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EXPLORERS & EXPLORATION |
2025-06-02 |
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Roald Amundsen was planning to drift across this in a ship in 1909, but when he heard about Peary he made a 180 |
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THE EXPLORER |
2018-02-12 |
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Fridtjof Nansen didn't know if this was on land or in mid-ocean, but he really, really wanted to reach it |
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EXPLORATION |
2001-06-21 |
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In 1955 Louise Boyd sent a telegram to the Society of Women Geographers, "Flew over" this "yesterday" |
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AMERICAN EXPLORERS |
2000-12-19 |
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Not quite Robert Peary, Edward Parry did set a record for this in 1827, reaching over 82 degrees latitude |
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EXPLORATION |
2000-04-26 |
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In 1909 Roald Amundsen set his hopes on being here first, then found out Peary had beaten him to it |
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EXPLORERS |
1999-07-19 |
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In the 1920s Umberto Nobile flew over this geographic extreme twice in a dirigible, once with R. Amundsen |
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ITALIAN EXPLORERS |
1994-03-04 |
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