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I guess my knowledge of the north pole is really bad. When I look at google maps or any other globe, I see that the North Pole, similarly to the south pole, is full of ice. Are you saying that that is not the case? Are there no scientific stations there?

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Note the map at right (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole - while the South Pole is on the Antarctic continent, it's all floating ice up north, even though it's usually several meters thick. While historically the arctic polar expeditions used sleds, nowadays people mostly sail there - either in submarines, or on icebreakers.

(Apparently Russians tend to float a temporary station nearby, but no permanent bases - as the ice is always moving: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barneo )

Thanks for the information

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