The North Pole sits on top of the world but is usually not on bucket lists. There is no other place like this formidable location where everything is south.
- By Pamela Grant

Look down on the Geographic North Pole and what you see is a sheet of ice floating on the Arctic Ocean. It is not land. The closest land is the Canadian territory of Nunavut, followed by Greenland and Russia. It is in international waters and is a place where time stands still because there is no time zone.

The reason for this unusual characteristic is that all longitudinal lines begin at the North Pole which is at latitude 90 degrees north. This location beckons to those who want to l....