History in Pictures- Dr. Joseph Fletcher, Global Climate Maestro was first in history to land in a plane at the geographic North Pole, May 3,1952.

An American scientific expedition commanded by a [Oklahoma] Sooner was the first group in history certain to have reached the North Pole. On that day, a ski-modified U.S. Air Force C-47 piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph O. Fletcher of Oklahoma and Lieutenant Colonel William P. Benedict of California became the first aircraft to land on the North Pole.