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What if I told you there's a place on Earth with no land at all, but it still has a massive underwater mountain range taller than the Appalachians? Or that it only has one sunrise per year, yet it's warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the planet? From a magnetic pole that's racing towards Siberia to a new "scramble" for resources hidden 13,000 feet beneath the ice, here are 15 incredible geography facts you never knew about the North Pole.
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Chapters:
0:00 - The North Pole
0:27 - There Is No Land
1:07 - It’s Actually Two "Poles”
1:51 - One Sunrise and One Sunset
2:32 - The Smallest and Shallowest Ocean
3:18 - A Massive Mountain Range?
4:06 - Sponsored by Masterclass
5:31 - A Celestial Name Origin
6:10 - The “Race to the Pole” is Still Debated
7:05 - First Verified Visit by… Airship?
7:49 - The Hunt for the Northwest Passage
8:32 - The First to Surface at the Pole
9:20 - No One "Owns" the North Pole
10:02 - Millions of People Live in the Arctic
10:44 - New Shipping Routes
11:28 - A Scramble for the Arctic Seabed
12:15 - Warming Faster Than Anywhere Else
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