And so in later cartoons, he provided a wealth of detail, including in a couple of them an indication that Santa could be reached by mail at the North Pole. SHAPIRO: Talk about how people viewed ...

The first known reference to Santa’s North Pole residence is in an 1866 cartoon from Harper’s Weekly. For one, Santa Claus was already widely associated with snow because most of the ...

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Among Nast's artwork is a cartoon depicting a young boy and girl charting Santa's course from the North Pole. North Pole, Alaska, is about 1,700 miles south of the Earth's geographic North Pole.

Based on real events, the film tells the story of a 1920s expedition by dirigible to the North Pole. Onboard the vessel are Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and Italian aviator Umberto Nobile ...

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All this expeditionary activity, plus Clement Moore’s decision to have Santa Claus’ flying sleigh drawn by reindeer, an Arctic animal, certainly inspired artist Thomas Nast to place Santa Claus at the ...