True stories of polar adventures

The top and bottom of the world

The Polaris mystery

Interlude

from 1873 to 1908

"Won at last by the stars and stripes"

The infamous Dr. Cook

Amundsen's hollow victory

The noble art of dying like a gentleman

"What the ice gets, the ice keeps"

Flying and floating to the Pole

Interlude

from 1928 to 1992

Hard times at the bottom of the world

Been there, done that

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