How would i land on the ice cap of kerbin?

[Bearsh]

I'd like to know how I'd land on the ice cap of kerbin?

I've tried but always failed... I really want to venture there.

Maybe if I drove...

Edited April 26, 2014 by Bearsh

[JiWint]

Just use a simple rocket that you used to fly to mun or minmus.

But when gravity turn comes,turn to ice poles.

When you have a vertical sub-orbit just burn enough that blue line ending touches ice cap (actually burn a little bit more,because..you know..atmosphere!)

Then use parachutes to land.

[KerikBalm]

Takeoff wiht a jet, fly north?

If you can't land your jet well, stick parachutes and a decoupler on your pod?

[Tortoise]

You can launch a rocket towards it, and watch your orbital map. Then stop burning when the line ends on the ice cap.

When you get there, deploy your parachutes and land.

[G'th]

Most straightforward way is a sub-orbital launch from KSC to some point on one of the poles. Just take any old rocket that can reach LKO and instead of turning east for your gravity turn, turn north our south. Watch your orbital path in the map view and wait until the end of it is 3/4 of the way through the Pole (IE, a bit before you're path ends on the other side of the pole that you came from). Cut your engines at that point and do a reentry as normal.

You can also, if your rocket is capable, go into a full orbit and then deorbit wherever you want.

[FREEFALL1984]

Just switch to orbit mode as soon as you launch and keep the prograde orbit on the north vector, that way it ignores rotation of the planet

[Bearsh]

Thanks for all the replies! I'm gonna have a kerbal venture to the ice cap!

[Pecan]

Don't open this if you want to find 'suprises' yourself:

There is an Easter Egg at about 80-degrees North, in the ice. Even under a spoiler tag I won't give any more information here but this thread does, if you want to visit it.