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US Air Force landed first aircraft on North Pole on this day in 1952; Read details | Rest of the World News
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tbt: How A Special Compass Helped Richard Byrd Explore the Poles – National Geographic Education Blog
![The USAP Portal: Science and Support in Antarctica - This weekend in history: The first flight to the South Pole The USAP Portal: Science and Support in Antarctica - This weekend in history: The first flight to the South Pole](https://www.usap.gov/usapgov/news/images/fspf.jpg)
The USAP Portal: Science and Support in Antarctica - This weekend in history: The first flight to the South Pole
![NSF Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of First Flight To Land at the South Pole | NSF - National Science Foundation NSF Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of First Flight To Land at the South Pole | NSF - National Science Foundation](https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/quesarasara_scan_f1.jpg)
NSF Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of First Flight To Land at the South Pole | NSF - National Science Foundation
![National Air and Space Museum on Twitter: "Today in 1926: Floyd Bennett and Richard Byrd claimed the first flight over the North Pole in this Fokker BA-1 Airplane "Josephine Ford." https://t.co/MCDrhKNu8K" / National Air and Space Museum on Twitter: "Today in 1926: Floyd Bennett and Richard Byrd claimed the first flight over the North Pole in this Fokker BA-1 Airplane "Josephine Ford." https://t.co/MCDrhKNu8K" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXmQi9QX0AI4-Cb.jpg)