2 Explorers Reach the North Pole

Three months and 1,200 miles after setting out from Siberia, two men have become the first British explorers to complete an unsupported trip to the North Pole. Stephen Martin, 41, and David Mitchell, 34, reached the North Pole, expedition organizers said, and will celebrate their success in Resolute Bay, Canada, after being picked up by airplane. “Stephen and Dave have done it . . . the hard way,” said Laurence Howell, the expedition’s communications officer, who was in weekly radio contact from expedition headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. “They have made a bit of history.”