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02 Apr 08,Longyearbyen to North Pole
Team will start the journey from Barneo and try to achieve the impossible and reach the top of the world by 10th
April 08.
24 Mar 08,Journey from Delhi
The Indian Navy team has done the unthinkable! The Indian team reached the geographic ... Navy North Pole Expedition
Team during Flag off at Oslo by Indian ...
Defenceindia :INDIAN NAVY NORTH POLE TEAM
CREATES RECORD
The Indian Navy expedition has become the first ever of any Indian Team to have ... For the North Pole expedition,
the team left India on March 24 and ...
IndianExpress.com :: Indian Navy conquers North Pole
24 Mar 08,Journey from Delhi
Indian Navy conquers North Pole. New Delhi, Fri, 11 Apr 2008....
Indian Navy conquers North Pole
At Oslo
We called upon the Indian Ambassador, His Excellency Shri Mahesh Sachdev, who convened a press conference at his
residence on the 26th of March. It was a well attended affair with gastronomic delights being churned out by the
Ambassador’s kitchen. After the press conference, His Excellency officially flagged us off from Oslo and wished us
all success and god speed. We rounded off the rest of the time by soaking in the sun and snow and the amazing sights
of Oslo.
Longyearbyen.
27th March we left for the northernmost island group in the world, the Svalbard. An hour from Oslo, we entered the
Arctic Circle and flew further North into Tromso. A brief halt later, the aircraft flew off into the snow towards
the open ocean. Nearly 4 hrs after leaving Oslo, the sea beneath became glazed with pack ice and ice bergs.
Precipitous mountain peaks and tumbling glaciers filled up our horizons. We had entered a different world
altogether. Finally we landed at the Longyearbyen airport with a shudder. The outside temperature was minus 18 deg
C. We quickly donned our warm clothing and caps and gloves. We reached the picturesque Mary Ann’s Polarrigg hotel
where we would be staying for the next four days. The boundless mountains and the blue expanse of the fjord to the
North, kept us riveted. Now we are here, topping ourselves with food and water and conserving our bodies for the
onslaught in the days to come.
Flag Off, 10 March 2008
At a glittering ceremony on 10th March 2008, attended by dignitaries and VIPs from across the gamut of armed forces,
civilians and the media, the Hon Minister of State for Defence Production, Shri Rao Inderjeet Singh and the Chief of
the Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta flagged the team off. The members fielded questions from the media and the
invitees and cheerfully posed for pictures.
PunjabNewsline.com - Indian Navy's north Pole
expedition fagged off
10 Mar 2008 ... CHANDIGARH: Indian Navy's North Pole expedition team was flagged off by the Raksha Utpadan Rajya
Mantri Shri Rao Indrajit Singh at New Delhi ...
After Everest and South Pole, Indian Navy sets out to conquer ...
This expedition would unfurl the flags of India and the Navy at the final frontier ... The North Pole expedition
team comprises of Commander Satyabrata Dam, ....
Indian Navy to achieve
unique feat by conquering North Pole.
5 Mar 2008 ... Indian Navy New Delhi, Mar 5 : The Indian Navy is all set to enter ... The North Pole expedition team
comprises of Commander Satyabrata Dam, ...
» Indian Navy adventure team heads for North Pole - Thaindian News.
“We’ve mounted 10 expeditions in six years,” Dham proudly said. ... After Everest and South Pole, Indian Navy sets
out to conquer North Pole (March 10, ....
Indian Navy adventure team heads for North Pole : India.
Indian Navy adventure team heads for North Pole ... team leader Commander Satyabrata Dham told reporters here Monday
of the 10-member expedition's aim. ...
25 Feb 08
To hone our technical skills and to expose ourselves to the harshest of cold weather conditions, the ten of us were
put through an intense and exhaustive 45 days long winter survival and ski expedition camp in the upper reaches of
Gulmarg in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The snow had been unprecedented in Gulmarg and when we landed in Srinagar
on 06 Jan 08, all roads to Gulmarg had been blocked and buried under deep snow. To us, it meant perfect weather
conditions. We trekked through waist deep sinking snow and climbed up to Gulmarg. We skied all day long with short
breaks in between and when the weather conditions worsened we simply lugged our oversized rucksacks and plodded on
the virgin trails. Nordic skiing, telemark techniques and ski touring techniques with bulging sleds being dragged
behind were practiced. There were prolonged periods of extreme blizzard conditions with zero visibility when all the
ski slopes and ski tracks were shut down by the Gulmarg authorities… and precisely on these days we would be found
dragging our heavy sleds through the raging snow and bone chilling cold from morning to night. We trained like
possessed.
Sonam showed extraordinary aptitude for Alpine Skiing and he was permanently attached with the Indian Army for the
Slalom runs. An outfall of the camp being that for the first time the Indian Navy team participated in the National
Winter Games. On completion of the Winter Games, the team returned to Delhi on 24 Feb 2008.
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