In 1953, a test flight between Bodø, Norway, and Fairbanks, Alaska, became the first commercial aircraft
to ever fly directly over the geographical North Pole.
SAS also became the first airline to introduce a special Polar navigation system to overcome the
problems of flying over the magnetic North Pole.
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