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Jagannathan Srinivasaraghavan, M.D.
The Indian national flag was raised for the first time at the North Pole on April 23 1985 by Dr. Jagannathan Srinivasaraghavan. (Dr. Van). He was given the flag by the Indian Consulate in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Please visit website (stargate4173) for a photograph of all expedition members and you can see the flag. Dr. Van is a psychiatrist and had visited Antarctica in January 1985 and had visited all continents by then. He has visited all but six countries of the 194 countries by now. Dr. Van has presented about his travels to Indian associations in US and also in India. His feat was reported in India Tribune, India Reporter among other newspapers.
As of March 2013 Dr. Jagannathan Srinivasaraghavan (Dr. Van) has visited all the 193 UN countries of the world and has visited 307 of 321 countries listed on travelerscenturyclub.org . He visited South Pole for 3 nights in December 2011 for the Centenary celebration of Amundsen reaching the South Pole on December 14 1911 and the last two countries that he visited were South Sudan and Libya in February-March 2012.
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Who was the first Arab to reach the North Pole?
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Who are Matthew Henson and Robert Peary?
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Why is Matthew henson important?
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Who is Robert peary?
He traveled with Matthew Henson to the North Pole, and they together became the first to reach the North Pole.
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Santa
Was Matthew Henson the first to set a foot on the north pole?
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USS Nautilus
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yes he did
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The North Pole.
Leader of the first expedition to reach the north pole?
Robert Perry
