"The North Pole"

One of two poles manufactured in 1951 as part of a campaign to properly mark the top of the Earth, this pole was the counterpart to a twin that, after a grand tour of the United States, was pushed out of the tail hatch of an Alaska Airlines DC-4 over the geographic North Pole on the arctic night of December 11th. Rediscovered in 1972 in an old junkyard, it has been prominently displayed in its current location since the dedication of the park on July 4th, 1976, by the North Pole Jaycees.

Badger, Alaska · United States