• Teenager Jan Mela become a hero to many when he joined polish explorer Marek Kaminski and two other for 2004’s “Together to the Pole” trip. They walked to both the North and South Poles in the same year.
• In 2007, a team form a TV show Top Gear became the first to drive a car to the North Pole. As part of the trip, the team raced against a dogsled. The car won, getting there ahead of the sled