Coast Guard Video Tapes of North Pole

Week of November 19, 2007

New videos and pictures released recently by the U. S. Coast Guard documents a recent C-130 Hercules flight over the North Pole. The crew of the Oct. 25 flight used GPS satellite technology to pinpoint the exact geographic North Pole within 50 feet - less than the aircraft's 132-foot wingspan. A pioneering 1969 flight by a Coast Guard crew used celestial navigation techniques to guide their trip to the North Pole.  Pictures and videos of the flight of the C-130 Hercules flight over the North Pole are available by visiting the United States Coast Guard Visual Information Galley website and searching for the keywords "North Pole" in the search box on the website.