[George from New England]

This will be a platform for Obama to ‘in his eyes’ prove the global warming claim. Never before has a vessel made it to the north pole, the ice must be thinner and melting.

[thackney]

Never before has a vessel made it to the north pole

Not true. First time a US ship did it unaccompanied by another.

[thackney]

First surface ship to reach the North Pole: nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika (Soviet Union). August 17, 1977.

http://www.rt.com/news/ria-novosti-1975-denisov-900/

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First naval vessel to reach it*: the USS Nautilus. August 3, 1958

http://www.ussnautilus.org/nautilus/index.shtml