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 ...

If you wished to lay out your bona fides for writing a history of humanity’s relationship with the North Pole, you’d be hard pressed to come up with a better opening than this. “When my friend and I ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Arctic was still a vast, unexplored and unknown expanse of ice and snow to western ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...