Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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In 1926, when Umberto Nobile crossed the Arctic via the North Pole, aboard the Norge airship that he designed himself, he became the first man in the world to undertake this crossing. It was an exploit that many would subsequently attempt to repeat.
Climb aboard for the first major scientific adventure in search of the geographic and magnetic North Poles: an exclusive transarctic crossing on board Le Commandant Charcot, following in the wake of the pioneers of polar exploration.
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