{"slug": "north-pole", "label": "North Pole", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q934", "qid": "Q934", "description": "one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface", "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [1879, 2021], "span_label": ["1879 CE", "2021 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 5}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "greenland", "label": "Greenland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "south-pole", "label": "South Pole", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1879, "year_label": "1879 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – Led by George W. De Long, the ill-fated United States Jeannette Expedition departs San Francisco, in an attempt to reach the North Pole, by pioneering a route through the Bering Strait.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365404244#July", "title": "1879", "revid": 1365404244, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – Frederick Cook claims to have reached the North Pole on this date.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#April", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – Robert Peary sets sail for the North Pole.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#July", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1909, "year_label": "1909 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 6", "text": "April 6 – Robert Peary, Matthew Henson and four Inuit explorers – Ootah, Ooqueah, Seegloo and Egigingwah – come within a few miles of the North Pole.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373420847#March–April", "title": "1909", "revid": 1373420847, "section": "Events › March–April"}}, {"year": 1926, "year_label": "1926 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – Roald Amundsen and his crew fly over the North Pole, in the airship Norge.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503199#May", "title": "1926", "revid": 1373503199, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1926, "year_label": "1926 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – Explorer Richard E. Byrd and co-pilot Floyd Bennett claim to be the first to fly over the North Pole in the Josephine Ford monoplane, taking off from Spitsbergen, Norway and returning 15 hours and 44 minutes later. Both men are immediately hailed as national heroes, though some experts have since been skeptical of the claim, believing that the plane was unlikely to have covered the entire distance and back in that short an amount of time. An entry in Byrd's diary, discovered in 1996, suggests that the plane actually turned back 150 miles short of the North Pole, due to an oil leak.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503199#May", "title": "1926", "revid": 1373503199, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1928, "year_label": "1928 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – The airship Italia crashes at the North Pole; one of the occupants is Italian general Umberto Nobile. A rescue expedition leaves for the Pole on May 30. Roald Amundsen will be among those who lose their lives in the search for survivors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372527586#May", "title": "1928", "revid": 1372527586, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 3", "text": "August 3 – The nuclear-powered submarine becomes the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#August", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – The fourth International Polar Year, a $1.73 billion research program to study both the North Pole and South Pole, is launched in Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370930640#March", "title": "2007", "revid": 1370930640, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – An annular solar eclipse is visible from Canada, Greenland, the North Pole, and the Russian Far East.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#June", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › June"}}]}