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August 3, 1958. First to reach North Pole by surface travel (on Ski-Doo ): Ralph Plaisted. April 19, 1968. First to reach the North Pole by dogsled: team led by Sir Wally Herbert. 1968-69. First surface ship to reach North Pole: nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika (Soviet Union). August 17, 1977.
This pressure ridge at the North Pole is about 1 km (0.62 mi.) long, formed between two ice floes of multi-year ice. The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole, Terrestrial North Pole or 90th Parallel North, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.
1:32.570 ( Vern Schuppan, March 722, 1973, F2000) Fuji Speedway (富士スピードウェイ, Fuji Supīdowei) is a motorsport race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship ...
List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita. China became the world's largest new car market in 2009. Countries and territories listed by the number of road motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants are as follows. Motor vehicles include cars, vans, buses, freight, and other trucks, but not two-wheelers. [citation needed]
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He entered Purdue University, studying aeronautical ...
Historically the best-selling vehicle in the United States (since 1977) and Canada. Line-up includes the F-150 pickup, F-250 through F-450 Super Duty heavy duty pickups. F-450/550 Super Duty class 4-5 trucks and F-650/750 Super Duty class 6-8 trucks are commercial chassis and cab vehicles. F-150 Lightning.
Suva, Fiji Malakai Kaiwalu: 8 July 2016 Melanesian Championships: Suva, Fiji Pole vault: 4.45 m Joseph Rodan: 28 July 2002 Commonwealth Games: Manchester, United Kingdom Long jump: 7.82 m (+1.4 m/s) Eroni Tuivanuavou: 11 July 2003 South Pacific Games: Suva, Fiji Triple jump: 16.08 m (-2.9 m/s) Eugene Vollmer: 24 May 2012 NAIA Championships
Exports of goods and services (US$ million) by country [1]; Country Exports Year Top export (2021) [2] China 3,411,248 2023 Broadcasting equipment United States 2,751,824