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Events on Tuesday 7 March 1978 1
1978Naomi Uemura reaches the North Pole soloFirst person to reach the North Pole aloneJapanese explorer Naomi Uemura departed Ellesmere Island by dog sled and became the first person to reach the North Pole solo and unsupported. The 700-kilometre trek took nearly two months across shifting sea ice.