Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge completed the “Three Poles Challenge,” becoming the first person to reach the North Pole, South Pole and summit of Mount Everest on foot — without using dogs, supply ...

Reaching the North Pole was an international obsession during the late 19th century. Various countries devised plans for becoming the first to reach the pole, but no journey was as fascinating (or as ...

In 1990, Kagge and his partner Børge Ousland became the first people to ski-trek to the North Pole unaided, beating an expedition led by Britain’s Sir Ranulph Fiennes. The Norwegian explorer ...

The time-honored answer is “white” because the explorer must have started at the North Pole. But not long ago someone made the discovery that the North Pole is not the only starting point that ...

Louisville-made Ford Super Duty and Expedition used in the first intercontinental circumnavigation, driving from the North Pole to the South Pole.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury’s north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles ...

Global warming is changing the Arctic—and explorers of the past would barely recognize its green tundra, diminished glaciers, and ice-free seas. Our final episode looks at the North Pole’s ...

In 1994, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge completed the “Three Poles Challenge,” becoming the first person to reach the North Pole, South Pole and summit of Mount Everest on foot — without ...