He took part in several unsuccessful Navy attempts to fly to the North Pole, and in the summer of 1925 decided to embark on an air expedition of his own. His initial attempt failed as his plane's ...

The film recounts the remarkable life of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, an American explorer who achieved significant milestones in aviation and polar exploration. Despite facing numerous challenges and ...

With only dogs, ponies, and human willpower, the intrepid pioneers of this Heroic Age forged virgin trails to the Pole and beyond ... British National Antarctic Expedition with the goal of ...

In 1909, a young American, Ross Marvin, was helping Robert Peary on his last North Pole expedition. Marvin did not survive. He supposedly fell through a crack in the sea ice and drowned.

TASS/. Another North Pole expedition will set off on the ice-resistant self-propelled platform in September, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov said welcoming the 41st ...