The youngest person to have visited both geographical poles is Jonathan Silverman (USA) (b. 13 June 1990), who reached the North Pole on 25 July 1999 and the South Pole on 10 January 2002, aged 11 years 211 days.

Jonathan reached the North Pole as part of a tourist expedition on the Russian icebreaker Yamal, and the South Pole on another tourist expedition, landing at the pole by aircraft from Chile.