Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole Trailer

Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole

01/07/21 • 3 min

In this new podcast, Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole, we’ll dive into the adventure, excitement, and danger surrounding our obsession with the North Pole. Hosted by Kat Long, the science editor at Mental Floss and obsessive fan of polar history, this show will analyze the motives and celebrate the triumphs of the people who sought the northernmost point on the globe. Many wanted to claim its discovery—but only one could be the first.

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01/07/21 • 3 min

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Yeah. On the morning of April seven, hundreds of miles from civilization, renowned explorer Robert Edwin Perry crunches over the snow and ice to a spot that only he can identify.

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As he stares through a sextant to get his bearings, the wind whips ice crystals into his face and freezes his breath in his walrus like mustache. Finally, he's satisfied. After years of trying, he has reached the Nort

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