1895
Discovery of North Pole
Heads an expedition & reaches 86 degrees 14 minutes, highest latitude reached
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at North Pole in Norway. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Heads an expedition & reaches 86 degrees 14 minutes, highest latitude reached
Reaches sight of the Magnetic North Pole but discovers that it is migratory
Reaches sight of the Magnetic North Pole but discovers that it is migratory
Wants to be the 1st to reach the North Pole but Peary & Henson beat him to it so decides to head for the South Pole
Reaches the North Pole by dirigible
Death of Roald Amundsen, while on a mission to save another explorer
Provenance
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