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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 ...
13 de sept. de 2008 · Mr. Plaisted, an insurance man by profession, was an adventurer by nature who once uprooted his family to live for 15 months in the Saskatchewan wilderness. The Plaisteds slept in tents...
11 de sept. de 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...
6 de may. de 2016 · Ralph Plaisted was a Minnesota insurance salesman who snowmobiled to the North Pole in 1968 with a team of six men. He is the subject of a film by Sony Pictures, starring Will Ferrell, who will portray the adventurer who made history on a bar bet.
6 de abr. de 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.
10 de sept. de 2008 · Ralph S. Plaisted, a Minnesota insurance salesman turned Arctic explorer who led a snowmobile expedition to the North Pole in 1968, has died. He was 80.
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.
