Travelling aboard an icebreaker from Longyearbyen, rivals reached the Geographic North Pole after a number of days at sea.
There, polar specialists marked out a secure course, protected at its perimeter by Polar Bear guards. The marathon started at 08:48 CEST, with runners battling poor visibility and biting winds.
Britain’s Oleg Polyntsev claimed victory in 3:43:25, whereas Becca Pizzi of the US set a brand new ladies’s file at 4:46:26. A group of 5 runners, together with two septuagenarian, additionally secured a Guinness World File.
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