Adventure sports enthusiast Ajit Bajaj became the first Indian to ski to the North Pole.
冒险运动爱好者阿吉特·巴贾杰成为第一位滑雪到达北极的印度人。
Bajaj 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.
"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 the team had reached their destination on the North Pole."
"It's a very proud moment as he becomes the first Indian to successfully withstand such an extreme endurance test and reach the North Pole," said Sherly, who operates an adventure sports club in India with her husband.
Bajaj, meanwhile, told India's NDTV television by satellite phone that he had planted the Indian flag at the North Pole.
与此同时，巴贾杰通过卫星电话告诉印度NDTV电视台，他将印度的国旗插在了北极。
"It was a very proud moment when I unfurled the tricolor, our national flag given to me by Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma," he said.
他说：“在把外交部长阿南·夏尔马交给我的三色国旗展开的那一刻，我感到十分骄傲。”
Bajaj, a downhill ski specialist, described the cold as "extreme".
巴贾杰是个速降滑雪能手，他说北极“极其”寒冷。
"There is about a metre of ice on the surface and the lowest temperature has been minus 35 degrees Centigrade but with the wind chill, it can go down to about minus 70-80C."
2006-5-12 17:20:04
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