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The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distinguish from the Magnetic North Pole .
On April 6, 1909, Robert Peary claimed to be the first person in recorded history to reach the North Pole [27] (although whether he actually reached the Pole is disputed). [ 1 ] [ 33 ] He traveled with the aid of dogsleds and three separate support crews who turned back at successive intervals before reaching the Pole.
Visualization of the ice and snow covering Earth's northern and southern polar regions Northern Hemisphere permafrost (permanently frozen ground) in purple. The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are Earth's polar ice caps, the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles.
Polar exploration is the process of exploration of the polar regions of Earth – the Arctic region and Antarctica – particularly with the goal of reaching the North Pole and South Pole, respectively. Historically, this was accomplished by explorers making often arduous travels on foot or by sled in these regions, known as a polar expedition.
Location of some of the major research stations in the Arctic. A number of governments maintain permanent research stations in the Arctic.Also known as Arctic bases, polar stations or ice stations, these bases are widely distributed across the northern polar region of Earth.
The magnetic pole moved along the northern Canadian shore for centuries, Dr Brown said. It drifted into the Arctic Ocean in the 1990s, and after that, it accelerated and headed towards Siberia.
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