Farthest North 1948. On , a US Navy submarine, also named , was the first to sail under the ice pack to reach the North Pole. On , the became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. In 1968, British explorer Sir Wally Herbert became the first person to indubitably reach the Pole on foot, having sledged from Alaska. His expedition was supported by air drops. Farthest North Farthest North describes the most northerly latitude reached by explorers before the conquest of the North Pole rendered the expression obsolete. The Arctic polar regions are much more accessible than those of
Pole to Pole: The Photographs taken. Some of the pictures are displayed as impressive two-page spreads. A majority of the pictures show the people they encountered along the way, some as informal portraits, some showing people engaged in various activities. There are also many beautiful landscapes plus a few pictures of monuments and interesting buildings, etc. The book is organized in eight chapters: Seven of the pictures, taken at and near the North Pole and the South Pole, were not taken by Basil Pao, as there was no room for him in the small airplanes used at the two extremes of the trip. One amazing