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Here's everything you need to know about the fabled — but also very real — land, from Santa's workshop, to his address, and the country and continent it's on. Let's start with the North Pole ...
Other countries eye the North Pole When Russia first put forward the Lomonosov Ridge – and by extension, the North Pole – in 2001, it had to prove to the Continental Shelf Commission that the ...
Reaching the North Pole was an international obsession during the late 19th century. Various countries devised plans for becoming the first to reach the pole, but no journey was as fascinating (or ...
Russian explorers have planted their country's flag on the seabed 4,200m (14,000ft) below the North Pole to further Moscow's claims to the Arctic. The rust-proof titanium metal flag was brought by ...
The Earth's magnetic North Pole is currently moving toward Russia in a way that British scientists have not seen before. Scientists have been tracking the magnetic North Pole for centuries ...