The Exploration of the Poles
Overview
During the first part of the twentieth century, having mapped and visited nearly the whole Earth, explorers turned their attentions to the Poles. Inhospitable, da...
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The United States and Canada have scoffed at a Russian submarine expedition that planted a Russian flag on the seabed under the North Pole. Coming home to a hero's welcome Tuesday, the famous polar...
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A Russian expedition aiming to claim vast swaths of the Arctic Ocean seabed reached the North Pole on Wednesday, and scientists immediately began preparing to send two mini-submarines under the ice...
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OSLO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Trips over ice to the North Pole
may be impossible in summer in just a decade or two because of
global warming, one of the world's leading polar adventurers
said on Wednes...
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(Refiles to correct day to Tuesday in 1st paragraph of this Oct
30 story) By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Trips over ice to the North Pole
may be impossible in...
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The bone-numbing trek to the North Pole is riddled with enough perils to make a seasoned explorer quake: Frostbite threatens, polar bears loom and the ice is constantly shifting beneath frozen feet...
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Two small Russian submarines completed a risky voyage deep below the North Pole Thursday, planting their country's flag in a titanium capsule on the Arctic Ocean floor to symbolically claim what co...
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Moscow (dpa) - Russia has opened a new Arctic polar research
station in a bid to reinforce its claims to Arctic gas and oil
deposits, Interfax news agency reported Friday.
...
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An ambitious Russian naval expedition that set off for the North Pole to explore the bottom of the Arctic Ocean and stake Moscow's claim to oil and natural gas riches under the seabed ground to a s...
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Moscow (dpa) - Russia staked a claim to untapped oil and gas
reserves in the North Pole Thursday as polar researchers in
submersibles planted a rust-resistant titanium Russi...
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The Exploration of the Poles
Russia defends North Pole flag-planting
