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Polar explorer. Owner. Ranulph Fiennes and Ginny Fiennes. Bothie, also known as Bothie the Polar Dog, was a long-haired Jack Russell Terrier who was the only dog to travel to both the South and North Poles. Bothie was owned by Ranulph Fiennes and Ginny Fiennes and accompanied the team on the circumpolar Transglobe Expedition from 1979 to 1982.
Transglobe Expedition. The Transglobe Expedition (1979–1982) was the first expedition to make a longitudinal (north–south) circumnavigation of the Earth using only surface transport. British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes led a team, including Oliver Shepard and Charles R. Burton, that attempted to follow the Greenwich meridian over both ...
The first aerial circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1924 by four aviators from an eight-man team of the United States Army Air Service, the precursor of the United States Air Force. The 175-day journey from April to September covered over 26,345 miles (42,398 km). [1] The team generally traveled east to west, around the northern ...
Dogs take first Bark Air flight. BARK Air shared details of the company's first flight on Thursday in an Instagram post. "Right now, at an altitude of 30,000 feet, there is a flight filled with dogs.
The CDC announced in May that beginning Aug. 1, dog owners must complete a new form and all dogs entering the U.S. must be over six months old, have a microchip and “appear healthy upon arrival.”
First official pilot's licence: was licence number 1, which was issued to Louis Blériot by the Aéro Club de France on January 7, 1909. [50] Louis Blériot crossing the English Channel, 1909. First aircraft to fly with a rotary engine: was a Farman III biplane, in April 1909.
Many airlines allow service dogs to fly for free as long as they fulfill the airline’s requirements for service dogs and owners submit paperwork 48 hours before the flight.
Heinz Stücke has been cycling around the world since 1962. Arthur Blessitt has been walking around the world carrying a 45 lb (20 kg) wooden cross since 25 December 1969, covering 42,279 miles (68,041 km) through 324 countries. As of 13 June 2008, aged 67, he had walked in every country of the world, since when he has returned to some.