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  • First Indian skis to North Pole, says it's freezing

    04/26/2006 7:52:25 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 17 replies · 364+ views
    AFP ^ | 4/26/06
    Adventure sports enthusiast Ajit Bajaj became the first Indian to ski to the North Pole. ADVERTISEMENT Bajaj, 40, completed his nine-day expedition from the Russian side of the Arctic with four skiers from the United States and one from Britain, his wife Shirley said. "He left India April 14 for Norway from where the team went to a Russian training camp and then they set off for the North Pole on skis," she said. "They would ski for 10 to 11 hours a day and finally at 4:15 am Indian time my husband called me on satellite telephone to announce...