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Barbara Hillary, the first black woman to make it to both the North and South poles, dies - CNN
Barbara Hillary, the first black woman to reach the North and South poles, died on Saturday. She was 88. Her death was announced on her website and Twitter account. “She died in the season of 24 ...
Forbes5y
Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Has Officially Moved (Toward Russia) - Forbes
Earth’s magnetic north pole has been moving East at an unusually fast pace, heading from the Canadian Arctic toward Russia. The rapid change of the magnetic poles has caused concern over ...
WGAL7y
Matthew Henson was the first African American explorer to reach the North Pole - WGAL Channel 8
Matthew Henson's life and journey, to the North Pole and beyond, is pretty remarkable. Matthew Henson's incredible journey to the top of the world was only the beginning. Skip to content ...
The Washington Post6y
The North Pole is moving, and the shutdown means we aren’t keeping up
The movement of the North Pole was accelerating unpredictably, and the 2015 version of the World Magnetic Model couldn’t keep up. Navigation tools that rely on magnetic fields for orientation ...
WMUR7y
Matthew Henson was the first African American explorer to reach the North Pole - WMUR
Matthew Henson's life and journey, to the North Pole and beyond, is pretty remarkable. Matthew Henson's incredible journey to the top of the world was only the beginning. Skip to content ...