• Full member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS).
• Only certified marathon that is run entirely 'on' water, the frozen water of the Arctic Ocean.
• Recognized by Guinness World Records as the Northernmost Marathon on Earth.
• Dubbed the 'World's Coolest Marathon' ® by Runner's World magazine in 2004.
• The first North Pole Marathon was held on April 17, 2003, organized by Global Expedition Adventures; Curtis Lieber served as the Expedition Director, with Brent Weigner and Richard Donovan as co-race directors.
• The inaugural Summer North Pole Marathon, organized by Oliver Wang and his Runbuk team, took place on August 16, 2023. Patrick Charlebois from Canada and Melissa Kullander from the USA made history as the first male and female marathoners, respectively, to complete the North Pole Marathon during the summer season.
• To date, there have been 17 North Pole Marathons. The upcoming spring race in 2025 will mark the 18th event, and the 2025 summer edition will mark the 19th event.
• Five-hundred-and-eighty-nine (589) people from 54 countries  have successfully completed the event (558 have completed the marathon, including 448 male runners, and 110 female runners).
• It's impossible to predict winning times because weather conditions and terrain are variable from one year to the next.
• The men's record of 3:14:49 was set by William Hafferty (USA) in 2024.
• The women's record of 4:52:45 was set by Anne-Marie Flammersfeld (GER) in 2014.
• Three guided blind athletes, Mark Pollock (IRL), Jamie Cuthbertson (GBR) and Siu Wai Leung (HKG), completed the race in 2004, 2010 and 2018, respectively.
• In 2007, William Tan - a wheelchair competitor - completed a marathon distance on the aircraft runway.
• 14 people have completed the event more than once; Paul Grealish (IRL) has run six North Pole Marathons (2004, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018), the most completed by one person.
• The oldest woman to complete the North Pole Marathon is Susan Ragon (USA), who was 73 years old in 2024 when she ran the event.
• The oldest man to complete the North Pole Marathon is Michel Ribet (FRA / USA), who was 78 years old in 2016 when he ran the event.
• Participants are eligible to join the exclusive Marathon Grand Slam Club®️ by finishing a marathon on each of the seven continents and the North Pole Marathon.

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