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Discovery of North Pole

Italy · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1899–1900Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1899

Luigi Amedeo Abruzzi1899

North Pole · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Luigi Amedeo organizes an expedition towards the North Pole

1900

Luigi Amedeo Abruzzi25 April 1900

North Pole · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Reaches latitude 86 34, setting a new record by surpassing Nansens result of 1895 by 35-40 kilometres

Names involved

Luigi Amedeo Abruzzi

Provenance

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