History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration Season 1 Episode 21 Arctic Feats and Fates
- January 12, 2015
- 29 min
Who was first to make it to the North Pole? Wade into the debate while examining the fascinating but lesser-known moments and figures of the race, including pilot Umberto Nobile flying a hydrogen-filled semi-rigid airship over the Pole in 1926, then crashing on a second trip, unleashing an international rescue operation.