One attempt to reach this place was made by Salomon Andree in a balloon called The Eagle, but the balloon crashed three days after takeoff.
One attempt to reach this place was made by Salomon Andree in a balloon called The Eagle, but the balloon crashed three days after takeoff. Hjalmar Johansen and Fridtjof Nansen trekked within 236 miles of this location after sailing on board the ship Fram. Umberto Nobile flew here in the Italia, and had earlier captained the airship Norge over this location, dropping flags here with Lincoln Ellsworth and Roald (*) Amundsen. The first expedition to reach this location made use of the ship Roosevelt and included Matthew Henson. Upon returning from this place, the leader of that expedition was ticked off when Frederick Cook claimed to have reached this place already. For 10 points, name this site first reached in 1909 by Robert Peary, located at the upper terminus of the Earth's axis in the Arctic Ocean.
One attempt to reach this place was made by Salomon Andree in a balloon called The Eagle, but the balloon crashed three days after takeoff.
North Pole or North Geographic Pole or North Terrestrial Pole [do not accept "North Magnetic Pole," nor "North Geomagnetic Pole"]