Børge Ousland (born 31 May 1962 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian polar explorer, photographer and writer. He made the first unassisted Antarctic solo crossing, finishing on 18 January 1997. He ventured to the South Pole on 8 December 2005. On 15 January 2006, he began a journey to the North Pole, which he and Mike Horn successfully concluded on 23 March.[1] In September 2010, Ousland's team aboard "The Northern Passage" completed the circumnavigation of the North Pole [1]. The Russian team aboard the "Peter I" achieved the same feat in that season. These were the first recorded instances of the circumnavigation of the North Pole without an icebreaker.