The North Pole is a land of extremes. Because of the Earth's tilted axis as it revolves around the sun, sunlight is either constant or not present at all depending on the season, according to ...

Although no one “owns” the North Pole, countries with land ringing the Central Arctic Ocean already have rights extending some way beyond their coastlines, under international law.

Claiming the North Pole. Under international law, no country owns the North Pole or the Arctic Ocean that surrounds it. The five Arctic countries—Canada, Denmark (via Greenland), ...

Several women in my team were the first person from their country to ski to the North Pole. It was sobering to wonder if they might also be the last.