Unlikely heroes: the story of the first men who stood at the North Pole

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Pala, Christopher
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1999
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; North Pole; Peary; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400015680; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400015680

Abstract The slow-motion collapse of the claim of Robert E. Peary to have discovered the North Pole raises the question: if Peary was not the first man to stand at the North Pole, who was? The answer appears to be the 24 members of a then-secret Soviet expedition who landed three airplanes on the Ea...