- North Pole explorerThe North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial
North Pole, is (subject to the caveats explained below) defined as the
point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets
its surface.The North Pole is the northernmost point on the Earth, lying diametrically
opposite the South Pole. It defines geodetic latitude 90° North, as well as
the direction of true north. At the North Pole all directions p…This list is for recognised pioneering explorers of the polar regions.It
does not include subsequent travelers and expeditions. Polar explorersNorth Pole-1 was established on 21 May 1937 and officially opened on 6
June, some 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the North Pole by the expedition into
the , led by . The expedition had been airlifted by aviation units under the command of .Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was an effort to reach the in which all three expedition members perished. S. A. Andrée, the first
Swedish balloonist, proposed a voyage by hydrogen balloon from Svalbard to
either Russia or Canada, which was to pass, with luck, straight over the on the way. The scheme was received with patriotic enthusiasm in Sweden, a
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