Ross Marvin was helping Robert Peary on his North Pole expedition. Marvin supposedly fell through the ice and died. But his ...

In 1914, explorer Fitzhugh Green shot and killed his Inuit guide Peeawahto at the northern tip of Axel Heiberg Island. This ...

In the early hours of May 12, 1926, the navigator of the Norge cried “Here we are!” The airship had reached the North Pole.

She has not provided a timeline for the expedition. So far, only Borge Ousland and Pen Hadow have made unsupported solo treks to the North Pole from Russia and Canada, respectively. Eric Larsen ...

Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...

Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the pole is now closer to Siberia than it was five years ago and is continuing to drift toward ...

Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

The location of the magnetic north pole was first discovered in 1831 by Arctic explorer James Clark Ross. On an expedition, he mapped and explored Boothia Peninsula in Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic.