Twenty-three runners from 7 countries took portion successful races astatine the Arctic's geographic North Pole, organisers person said, successful an lawsuit they dubbed arsenic the "world's coolest marathon".
The races took spot connected drifting oversea crystal astatine the geographic North Pole successful the Arctic, with competitors arriving from Norway aboard the French polar vas Le Commandant Charcot.
They disembarked the vessel to tally laps of a 1,055 metre loop connected the crystal below, wearing thermal cogwheel and beingness vests arsenic a information requirement.
Denmark's Rikke Dam won the women's rubric with a clip of 6:54:02, portion Wang Shengxian of China won the men's contention successful 3:52:22.
Video edited by Ian Aikman
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