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    Who is the first person to visit both the North and South Pole?

    Question #70317. Asked by DCP_827. (Sep 01 06 6:08 AM)


    Gnomon

    		Roald Amundsen. He was the first person to the South Pole, and many feel he was also the first to the North Pole, since Peary appears to have been either a conman or delusional.

    Sep 01 06, 6:36 AM
    lovinmyh2

    		The answer is Dr. Albert Paddock Crary

    Sep 01 06, 7:17 AM
    zbeckabee

    		Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wickham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE (usually simply Ranulph Fiennes, born March 7, 1944) is a British explorer and holder of several endurance records. He was the first man to visit both the North and South Poles. [NOTE: WIKE states that these visits were by land.]

    http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/r/ranulphfiennes.html

    Sep 01 06, 9:24 AM
    zbeckabee

    		For the record: On May 3, 1952 U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Joseph O. Fletcher and Lieutenant William P. Benedict landed a plane at the geographic North Pole. Flying with them was scientist Albert P. Crary.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_P._Crary



    Sep 01 06, 3:31 PM

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