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Description: Map of the planned drift to the North Pole and beyond in Nansen's Fram expedition: Date: 12 October 2009: Source: Heavily modified version of File:Artide.svg.The line of the expected drift is drawn from Nansen's description contained in Nansen, Fridtjof: Farthest North Vol I pp. 21-24, Constable & Co., London 1897.
The most northern settlements on Earth are communities close to the North Pole, ranging from about 70° N to about 89° N.The North Pole itself is at 90° N. There are no permanent civilian settlements north of 79° N, the furthest north (78.55° N) being Ny-Ålesund, a permanent settlement of about 30 (in the winter) to 130 (in the summer) people on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.
Farthest North describes the most northerly latitude reached by explorers, before the first successful expedition to the North Pole rendered the expression obsolete. The Arctic polar regions are much more accessible than those of the Antarctic , as continental land masses extend to high latitudes and sea voyages to the regions are relatively short.
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Boone, North Carolina – highest elevation (3,333 feet, 1015.9 m) east of the Mississippi River of any town of its size (over 10,000 population Eisenhower Tunnel , west of Denver, Colorado 39°40′43″N 105°55′12″W / 39.6785°N 105.92°W / 39.6785; -105.92 ( Eisenhower Tunnel ) – highest point on the Interstate Highway ...
Nansen and Johansen's march to Farthest North, 80°20'N, and their subsequent retreat to Cape Flora in Franz Josef Land. February 1895 – June 1896 Nansen and Johansen's return to Vardø from Cape Flora, August 1896
Fram leaves Bergen on 2 July 1893, bound for the Arctic Ocean Period map showing the regions traversed by the expedition [1]. Nansen's Fram expedition of 1893–1896 was an attempt by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen to reach the geographical North Pole by harnessing the natural east–west current of the Arctic Ocean.
North Carolina border where it meets the Atlantic Ocean on Bird Island 34°41′57″N 83°21′14″W / 34.69917°N 83.35389°W / 34.69917; -83.35389 Georgia border in Lake Yonah southwest of Long Creek