Comments on: The First to Reach the North Pole http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/09/the-first-to-reach-the-north-pole/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Thu, 23 May 2013 23:31:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Roger http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/09/the-first-to-reach-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-7393 Roger Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:15:37 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1873#comment-7393 Is Henson getting the same treatment as Tenzing Norgay? Is Henson getting the same treatment as Tenzing Norgay?

]]> By: Basa http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/09/the-first-to-reach-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-1625 Basa Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:04:01 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1873#comment-1625 I believe it was Matt Henson who reached the pole first. Why he wasnt in the list above? I believe it was Matt Henson who reached the pole first. Why he wasnt in the list above?

]]> By: Dave Pape http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/09/the-first-to-reach-the-north-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Dave Pape Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:02:46 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=1873#comment-854 Surprising science indeed: if you took a photo with a lens powerful enough to make the moon appear that big, the sun would also be magnified by the same amount. Assuming, of course, that the North Pole isn't so far up that it's much closer to the moon. This looks like a computer-generated fake landscape to me. Surprising science indeed: if you took a photo with a lens powerful enough to make the moon appear that big, the sun would also be magnified by the same amount. Assuming, of course, that the North Pole isn’t so far up that it’s much closer to the moon.

This looks like a computer-generated fake landscape to me.

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