Overview

• Brown reached the Northern Pole of Inaccessibility on Sept. 18 after persuading Captain Patrick Marchesseau to divert the vessel to within about 1 km, then trekking with a small team to the exact point.
• The Northern PIA is defined at 85°48' N, 176°9' E by 2013 research in Polar Record, about 1,008 km from the nearest land and roughly 400 miles from the geographic North Pole.
• Years of attempts have been frustrated by drifting sea ice and extreme remoteness, and Brown’s own 2019 effort ended when a planned Antonov An‑74 flight was grounded.
• This marks his seventh PIA after earlier visits to Australia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica and Point Nemo, leaving only the Eurasian point in China’s Gurbantunggut desert.
• Coverage also references earlier claims around firsts at specific PIAs, including reports that Swedish adventurer Frederik Paulsen reached the Northern PIA in 2020.