Who reached the North Pole first?
American explorers Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both claimed to have been the first to reach the North Pole, Cook in 1908 and Peary a year later. In fact, it is possible that they have turned back the road before having reached the North Pole. The first person who really reached the North Pole was the American explorer Richard Byrd with his co-pilot Floyd Bennett, flew over the North Pole on 9-May-1926
The first to travel across the ice to the North Pole is Ralph Plaisted, Arrived there on April 19- 1968.
American explorers Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both claimed to have been the first to reach the North Pole, Cook in 1908 and Peary a year later. In fact, it is possible that they have turned back the road before having reached the North Pole. The first person who really reached the North Pole was the American explorer Richard Byrd with his co-pilot Floyd Bennett, flew over the North Pole on 9-May-1926
The first to travel across the ice to the North Pole is Ralph Plaisted, Arrived there on April 19- 1968.
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