Hubert Wiliks was a man on a mission. Well, a few missions. But war metals and documenting birds couldn't compare with his plan to pilot a submarine under the north pole, using specially designed evil-villain drills and a giant reverse ice skate. 

Check out episode 258: The Adventures of Hubert Wilkins.

Sources:

https://www.centennialofflight.net/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/south_pole/EX20.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Wilkins 

https://archive.org/details/undernorthpolewi00wilk/page/n11/mode/2up 

https://library.osu.edu/site/nautilus/exhibition-overview/ 

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2005/november/oceans-1931-first-nautilus-north-pole-expedition

https://www.amphilsoc.org/exhibits/nautilus/history.htm 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O-12 

https://web.archive.org/web/20100221234746/http://library.osu.edu/sites/exhibits/nautilus/arcticdive.html

 https://web.archive.org/web/20081215020300/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742231,00.html