Give Others a Chance, fund-raising to buy prostheses for the disabled during the first "Together to the Pole" expedition.

In 1937, he participated in a North Pole expedition.

"Guess it'll have to wait till this South Pole expedition is over," said Tom.

It became an inn in 1911, and one of its first guests was Admiral Peary, who reputedly planned his North Pole expedition there.

The most famous South Pole expedition is perhaps the one that failed badly.

McKerrow took part in the unsupported 1986 North Pole expedition, but had to be airlifted out after a month with broken ribs.

(Ten years earlier Fiala had led a disastrous North Pole expedition that left his men trapped on the ice for two years.)

Richard is the only person to have completed six full North Pole expeditions.

Information about the 1971 Canadian North Pole expedition supplied by Val Wake.

The island was probably named sometime between 1871 and 1873 during Charles Francis Hall's third North Pole expedition.