North Pole

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    Video: North Pole ice melts into small lake

    A time-lapse video from a webcam set up by the North Pole Environmental Observatory shows ice from the North Pole melting and forming a growing lake. According to the North Pole Environmental Observatory, which has monitored the state of the

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    Journeys to the ends of the earth

    Getty Ever fancied eating with cannibals or flying in a hot air balloon over the top of the world? Perhaps you'd like a trip to the hottest place on earth or the world's wettest town? From the nearest point to the moon to the most remote

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    Could you handle a holiday in the World's most extreme places?

    From the end of the world to the top of it and from the hottest place on earth to a land where the thermometre can drop to -71.2C, the world has never been more accessible to those brave enough to travel to its extremes. Could you handle a

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    Travel agency offers stag weekends to the North Pole

    PA In recent years, the typical stag weekend has involved a boozy getaway to a European city - but that could soon change thanks to a travel company called Last Night of Freedom. From Boxing Day, the company - which specialises in trips for

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    'I d-d-d-do': Couple become first to marry at the North Pole

    Caters A Norwegian couple have become the first people in the world to marry at the North Pole. Arctic explorer Borge Ousland, 49, quite literally whisked bride Hege, 35, to the top of the world to say 'I do'. The happy couple flew

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    Massive solar storm causes flights to divert

    PA A massive eruption on the surface of the sun has forced flights to be diverted over the north pole because of fears of excessive radiation. The solar storm, which has sent highly energetic particles to earth, is the strongest in almost nine

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    The Polar Express! Airlines can now take short cuts over North Pole

    PA Long-haul flights to exotic destinations will be dramatically shorter - and cheaper- after new rules will allow planes to take a short cut through the North Pole for the first time. According to the Daily Mail, until now, Boeing's 777

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