Santa may not be coming to town.(News)(risk management at Santa's North...

Business Insurance;  December 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......insurers and consolidation among remaining players. North Pole, as a consequence, is considering the formation...Caymans or Hawaii. Especially troublesome for North Pole was the aviation insurance market, as underwriters...of risk. This is due partly to the fact that North Pole ...

North Pole

Canadian Encyclopedia;      514 words ......Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 North Pole Author: HUGH N. WALLACE The North Pole is the Earth's northernmost...slightly pear shaped, with the North Pole at the smaller end. This...kilometres around the pole. The North Pole did not become a goal of...that the pole was first ...

Fed: Philips says North Pole diabolical - but he may return

AAP General News (Australia);  May 2, 2002 ;     482 words ...00-00-0000 Fed: Philips says North Pole diabolical - but he may...moments on the way to the North Pole he was miserable and despairing...fellow adventurer Jon Muir reached the North Pole at 7.46am (AEST) yesterday...unassisted Australian trek to the North Pole. They ...

Walking is his thing and North Pole is next

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 7, 1988 ;     700+ words ......to walk unaided to the North Pole. "We do have every hope...that stage now with the North Pole." The "purest way" across...the major goal is the North Pole in May - and a quick...Fiennes and Charles Burton reached the North Pole by snowmobile on Transglobe...a ...

African American first to stand at North Pole

Philadelphia Tribune, The;  February 9, 1999 ;     555 words ......the explorer reached the North Pole in 1909. For...stand at the North Pole. The expedition party reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909...Explorer at the North Pole" (1910). His...wrote "How Peary Reached the Pole" (1932...

East Bay man on quest to reach North Pole Fremont resident, 39, hopes to...

Oakland Tribune;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the first American to reach the North Pole by himself. That's right -- no...begin his 600-mile trek to the North Pole. His trip will be unsupported...There are no markers over the North Pole, which is covered by a sheet of...people who have gone solo to the North Pole. ...

Tricolour hoisted at North Pole for first time

The Hindustan Times;  April 10, 2008 ;     380 words ......tricolour, hoisted at the North Pole for the first time, fluttered...the roof of the world (North Pole). The temperature here...conference from his tent at the North Pole. Braving inclement weather...danced and rejoiced as they reached North Pole Wednesday at ...

First Czech woman reaches the North Pole

Xinhua News Agency;  April 10, 2008 ;     210 words ......reaches the North Pole PRAGUE, April...Netolicka, 34, reached the North Pole on Wednesday...Thursday. Netolicka reached the North Pole together with...have chosen the North Pole as their destination...Richard Santus reached the pole. They...

Leader of 1st undisputed North Pole journey dies.(Local)

The Virginian Pilot;  September 11, 2008 ;     379 words ......expedition that indisputably reached the North Pole over the ice, has died. He...Plaisted and three other men reached the North Pole on April 19, 1968. An Air...CAPTION(S): Ralph S. Plaisted reached the North Pole on April 19, 1968.

Winter ski to the North Pole is no walk in the park

China Daily;  May 3, 2006 ;     408 words ......years after explorers first reached the North and South Poles...Robert Peary claimed to have reached the North Pole first in 1909. All of the...said. On March 23, the pair reached the North Pole after 61 days dragging their...

8 NORTH POLE EXPLORERS ARE RESCUED BY PLANE

The Boston Globe;  May 16, 1989 ;     344 words ......yesterday after walking to the North Pole to call attention to the...met the explorers at the North Pole and carried them to the...picking up the team after it reached the North Pole on Sunday, said Wendy White...planted a UN flag on the North Pole at 4:38 a.m. ...

Following in Peary's FOOTSTEPS ; A group of modern-day explorers recreates...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  June 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Robert Peary, reaching the North Pole in 37 days. But will...Peary's discovery of the North Pole could not have been accomplished...earlier this year when they reached the North Pole in 37 days - the same...Ultimate North expedition reached the pole on April ...

Mike Horn Returns From North Pole Winter Expedition Thanks in Part to...

PR Newswire;  April 13, 2006 ;     499 words ......Mike Horn's return from the North Pole Winter Expedition took place...Ousland traveled to the North Pole during the winter solstice...latitude 90 degrees, the North Pole, without sleds or dogs...cross and temperatures that reached -40 degrees Celsius. Panerai...this adventure, ...

Man from Ely reaches North Pole for the fifth time.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 29, 1999 ;     277 words ......Ely, Minn., arrived at the North Pole for the fifth time Monday...phone while standing on the North Pole and allowed the group to...historians question whether Peary reached the pole. Schurke and his...person to ever arrive on the North Pole on foot, Schurke said. He...it ...

Ralph Plaisted; First to Reach North Pole by Surface Travel

The Washington Post;  September 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......snowmobile to get him to the North Pole in 1968 and became the...person who indisputably reached the pole by surface travel...Plaisted got the idea for a North Pole trek after becoming an...by setting off to the North Pole in 1967. That first expedition...