Sisko and Jake's journey on the Bajoran light ship from Bajor to Cardassia was inspired by Thor Heyerdahl's journey on the Kon-Tiki across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Tahiti in 1947. (from Memory Alpha)
Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media
A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the no-holds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get–and sell–the story.