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The north pole is just a bunch of ice floes. So you can't drive there (unless you mean drive a boat (most likely an icebreaker!). It was very interesting to l
by xarope 2y ago
The north pole is just a bunch of ice floes. So you can't drive there (unless you mean drive a boat (most likely an icebreaker!). It was very interesting to learn how they setup camp barneo each year, which only lasts for a few weeks, until it melts/drifts away, and they have to rebuild it each year
Full reveal; they fly around searching for a big enough floe, parachute engineers and equipment in to build an airfield, or rather 2 or more, since invariably the ice cracks. I saw a major crack less than 2-3 yards away from my tent, when I woke up and walked out... erk.
- db48x 2y agoYou can drive there. You might have to dig your way through an ice ridge or two, but it’s not impossible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNkvASxfEWQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNkvASxfEWQ
- xarope 2y agoUnless I'm missing something, the wiki says "They did not, however, reach the actual position of the North Magnetic Pole at the time which in 2007 was 150 miles away. They were also 1200 miles away from the geographical North Pole"?
- db48x 2y agoTrue. You could still be the first to drive to where the magnetic pole was in 2007!
- ggreer 2y agoSome people have come close to driving to the geographic north pole, such as when Top Gear drove to the 1996 magnetic north pole.[1] Unless the ice gets thinner as one gets closer to the pole, the main limitation would be logistics, not falling through the ice. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_Polar_Special https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_Polar_Special