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Norwegians First to Walk Unassisted to North Pole
Erling Kagge and Boerge Ousland completed a 500 mile Arctic trek from Canada to the pole on skis, becoming the first to reach unassisted. They relied on self supplied gear, faced risky ice, and started March 8 with Geir Randby cut from the trek after an injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pole
Alister Doyle
Daily Telegraph
London
Oslo
Norway
Reuter
Arctic
Canada
Pole
Siberia
Erling Kagge
Boerge Ousland
Trond Skaare
Geir Randby
Skaare
Robert Peary
Ranulph Fiennes
Soviet Union
Roald Amundsen
South Pole