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The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
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Norge (airship)
Italian polar-expedition airship
The Norge was a semi-rigid Italian-built airship that carried out the first verified trip of any kind to the North Pole, an overflight on 12 May 1926. It was also the first aircraft to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America. The expedition was the brainchild of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
North Pole
Northernmost point on Earth
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distinguish from the Magnetic North Pole.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)