# Who do you think reached the North Pole first?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 11, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-reached-the-north-pole-first/599260 "2011-10-11T04:43:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-reached-the-north-pole-first/599260/1 "2011-10-11T04:43:57Z")

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Who do you think reached the North Pole first?

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-reached-the-north-pole-first/599260/2 "2011-10-11T05:22:13Z")

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Jeremy Clarkson and James May. They were the first to get there in a pickup truck - everything before that didn’t count.