in 2007, the british television team "top gear" and became the first team to reach the 1996 position of the north magnetic pole with automobiles, with jeremy clarkson and james may reaching the pole in a united kingdom plated 2007 toyota hilux 3.0 litre diesel, heavily modified by an icelandic team on a mixture of diesel and avgas, against richard hammond who was being pulled by a team of sled dogs.