April 6, 1909 is a key date in the history of the Arctic, as Robert Peary claimed to have reached the northernmost point on Earth on this day. Experts still doubt the accuracy of his position to this day, which makes the search for the true discoverer an interesting topic. For centuries, navigation in the eternal ice presented explorers with extreme challenges and claimed numerous victims. In this Free Quiz about the North Pole , you can test your general knowledge of the pioneers who sought the way to the Pole despite the cold and pack ice.
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The technical equipment of the expeditions often made the difference between life and death for the participants. At the end of the 19th century, a Norwegian explorer developed a theory on ice drift and had a special ship built for this purpose, the hull of which was shaped in such a way that the ice pushed it upwards instead of crushing it. You probably know the name of Fridtjof Nansen’s ship, which was stuck in pack ice for years and was later also used in the Antarctic. It is considered to be one of the most stable wooden ships ever built for the polar regions.
After the first attempts on foot and by ship, interest in the North Pole shifted to aviation in the 1920s in order to reach the inaccessible areas more quickly. A spectacular success was achieved by a group in May 1926 when they took off from Spitsbergen in an Italian airship called Norge and crossed the Pole. You should know who was in charge of this expedition and thus recorded the first undoubtedly documented success at the Pole.
Decades after the first flights, technical progress enabled the navy to find completely new ways through the thick ice cover. An American nuclear submarine made world history in August 1958 by submerging the geographic North Pole, demonstrating the strategic importance of the Arctic in the Cold War. Your task in this Free Quiz about the North Pole is to identify the name of this technologically ground-breaking submarine, which was named after a fictitious original by Jules Verne. So the answer is clear, isn’t it?
Although airplanes and submarines had long since reached the North Pole, the quiz question remained as to whether a person could make the journey there by land without engines. It was not until April 6, 1969 that a British explorer managed to reach the Pole with a dog sled and without mechanical assistance and complete the crossing of the Arctic. In this North Pole quiz, you will see if you know this man who, sixty years after Peary, proved the actual first ascent without a doubt.
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06. April 26, 13:00 – Ines Walk
