On 9 April 2008, a ten member team from Indian Navy, led by Commader Satyabrata Dam, reached the northern-most point of the Earth - the North Pole, overcoming obstacles like extreme temperatures as low as minus 45 oC, high wind chill, shifting sea ice, pressure ridges, and polar bears. With this achievement, the Indian Navy became the only organisation in the world to conquer all the three poles viz. South Pole, North Pole and Mount Everest. They also became the 1st Indian team to ski to the geographic North Pole and the 1st Indian team to ski to both Poles. Other team members of the expedition included Lt Avinash Khajuria, Surg Lt Ajay Sharma, Raj Kumar, MCERA I, Rakesh Kumar, POMA, Vikas Kumar, POMA, Ramendra Pandey, LME, Bijendra Singh, SEA I, Manoj Vats, SEA I, and Sonam Tamchos, MA I.
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