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Ralph Summers Plaisted (September 30, 1927 – September 8, 2008) was an American explorer who, with his three companions, Walt Pederson, Gerry Pitzl and Jean-Luc Bombardier, are regarded by most polar authorities to be the first to succeed in a surface traverse across the ice to the North Pole on April 19, 1968, making the first confirmed ...
Sep 11, 2008 · Ralph S. Plaisted, an insurance salesman turned explorer who in 1968 led the first expedition that indisputably reached the North Pole over the ice, has died. He was 80. Plaisted died Monday...
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Sep 13, 2008 · Ralph Plaisted, 80, Adventurer and Polar Pioneer, Dies. In September 1909, Dr. Frederick A. Cook reappeared in Europe after a two-year absence from society and claimed to have crossed the polar...
Mar 17, 2016 · Ralph Plaisted, a barrel-chested 39-year-old insurance salesman, was having a beer with an acquaintance, a local doctor named Art Aufderheide. They were discussing plans for a seal-hunting trip...
Apr 6, 2022 · Ralph Plaisted, an insurance salesman, and Arthur Aufderheide, a medic, began their expedition when discussing snowmobiles and quickly progressed to building a team and gaining sponsorships. Instead of selling insurance, Plaisted sold his exploration to the North Pole on Ski-Doos.
Ralph Plaisted, an insurance salesman in Minnesota, and a friend decided they would make the trek to the North Pole across land and ice. In July 1966, they founded the Plaisted Polar Expedition Inc., a non-profit organization with a mission to raise the enough money to carry out the expedition.
Sep 10, 2008 · (AP) - Ralph S. Plaisted, an insurance salesman turned explorer who in 1968 led the first expedition that indisputably reached the North Pole over the ice, has died. He was 80. Plaisted died...
