The Soviet icebreaker <i id="mwAbM"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arktika_(1972_icebreaker)" id="mwAbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arktika (1972 icebreaker)">Arktika</a></i> becomes the first surface ship to reach the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole" id="mwAbU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Pole">North Pole</a>.