A pilot flying a great circle route straight from New York to Tokyo passes over northern Alaska. His route looks bent on a Mercator map—a flexion ... one in which the North Pole appears at ...

Smith and Scott R. Stephenson, found that the sea ice will become thin enough that a "corridor directly over the north pole" will open up. "The shortest great circle route thus becomes feasible ...

There it remained until a few weeks ago, when it was removed and the point indicated indistinctly and as of not great moment by a chalk mark. But following the outline of the route to the pole ...

“We had tough times and we’ve had great times,” she ... After reaching the South Pole, the pair double-backed along the same Antarctic route. The North Pole was reached via an approach ...