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1926 FROZEN IN TIME
The airship Norge leaves King’s Bay, Norway, bound for the North Pole. The 16-man expedition, led by explorer Roald Amundsen, flew over Earth’s northernmost point on 12 May 1926, dropping flags as they passed. They may have been the first to reach the pole: the three previous claims to have beaten them (including one by American Richard E Byrd just a few days earlier) are all disputed. What is certain is that this trip made Amundsen and fellow Norweigian Oscar Wisting the first men to have travelled to both poles.