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Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole

Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole

36 Episodes • By iHeartPodcasts and Mental Floss • www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-hist...
Many wanted to claim its discovery—but only one could be the first. In The Quest for the North Pole, a new podcast from Mental Floss and iHeartRadio, we'll dive into the adventure, excitement, and danger surrounding our obsession with the North Pole. In each weekly episode, we'll analyze the motives ...more
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Bonus Episode 4: Live from Greenland
In the final bonus episode of The Quest for the Nort... more
Jan 12 2022 21m
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Bonus Episode 3: Family Reunions
On their many attempts to reach the North Pole, Robe... more
Aug 21 2021 18m
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Bonus Episode 2: Minik and the Meteorites
Before Robert Peary claimed to have reached the Nort... more
Jul 30 2021 20m
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Bonus Episode: The Arctic’s Biggest Mystery
The demise of the Franklin Expedition remains the mo... more
Jul 16 2021 22m
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Polar Past, Present, and Future
Global warming is changing the Arctic rapidly. Explo... more
Mar 13 2021 46m
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Triumph by Snowmobile
In 1968, decades after Peary’s and Cook’s competing ... more
Mar 5 2021 38m
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A Gold Brick
Robert E. Peary expected glowing accolades and world... more
Feb 26 2021 1h 2m
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Third Time’s the Charm
Peary and Henson had one more shot at the North Pole... more
Feb 19 2021 44m
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Meet Peary and Henson
No explorer tried harder or over a longer time to cl... more
Feb 13 2021 58m
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Inuit and the Explorers
European explorers often thought of the Arctic as an... more
Feb 5 2021 47m
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The Turning Point
By the second half of the 19th century, British expl... more
Jan 29 2021 48m
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Go North, Young Man
In this episode, we’ll dive into the first real atte... more
Jan 22 2021 40m
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Why Go to the North Pole?
The North Pole has attracted explorers for centuries... more
Jan 15 2021 32m
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Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole Trailer
In this new podcast, Mental Floss Presents: The Ques... more
Jan 7 2021 3m
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Fact Checking TR
In this final bonus episode of History Vs., Erin and... more
Oct 23 2020 22m
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TR and the Perdicaris Affair
How Theodore Roosevelt used his big stick diplomacy ... more
Aug 28 2020 15m
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The Statue
Recently, the American Museum of Natural History ask... more
Jun 26 2020 21m
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TR vs. Houdini
Famed illusionist Harry Houdini might have been one ... more
May 29 2020 16m
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Round-Robin Letter Incident
Theodore Roosevelt has been in the news lately, than... more
Apr 16 2020 13m
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The Case of the Missing Colt .38
In 1990, Theodore Roosevelt's double action revolver... more
Apr 3 2020 11m
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10 Reading Tips from TR
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Mar 6 2020 12m
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TR vs. Bigfoot
In his 1893 book The Wilderness Hunter, TR wrote abo... more
Feb 21 2020 9m
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Epilogue: The Other Roosevelts
Between all of his writing, ranching, and governing,... more
Feb 7 2020 19m
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History Vs. TR
Theodore Roosevelt was a man who never stopped fight... more
Jan 5 2020 1h 5m
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TR Vs. Death
At age 55, Theodore Roosevelt embarked on an Amazoni... more
Dec 29 2019 35m
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