A man from Harrogate has become the first person to tick off seven of the eight "Poles of Inaccessibility" after reaching the ...

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 using dogs, ...

After 61 days of traveling across Arctic ice on skis, Mike Horn and Borge Ousland have completed their unassisted trek to the North Pole. They're the first explorers to do so in winter, during ...

NASSAU, Bahamas – Two Bahamians are literally sitting on top of the world and they took The Bahamas’ flag with them. NASSAU, Bahamas – Two Bahamians are literally sitting on top of the world and they ...

In 2005, explorer Jim McNeill asked scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the Scott Polar Research Institute to update the position of the pole using modern GPS and satellite data.

A British explorer has become the first person to reach seven of the hardest to reach places in the world. Chris Brown, 63, ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — When the morning of April 7, 1909 dawned, Matthew Henson checked the temperature outside. It was 29 below zero. Later that day, Henson and the man he worked for, Robert Peary, would ...

TORONTO -- Five explorers using huskies and wooden sleds reached the North Pole on Tuesday, setting a world record by coming in several hours earlier than a 37-day trek by American explorer Robert E.

During a race to the North Pole in 1909, The New York Times supported one explorer, while the rival New York Herald backed another. By David W. Dunlap Cook or Peary? No public issue was more divisive ...