Plaisted, Ralph (Ralph Summers), 1927-2008
Name Entries
person
Plaisted, Ralph (Ralph Summers), 1927-2008
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Plaisted, Ralph (Ralph Summers), 1927-2008
Plaisted, Ralph
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Plaisted, Ralph
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Ralph Summers Plaisted (b. Sept. 30, 1927, Brunno, Minn.–d. Sept. 8, 2008, Wyoming, Minn.) was an insurance salesman turned Arctic explorer. He, with Walt Pederson, Gerry Pitzl and Jean-Luc Bombardier, were the first explorers to succeed in a surface traverse across the ice to the North Pole on April 19, 1968, making the first confirmed surface conquest of the Pole.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10597396
https://viaf.org/viaf/228792492
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3418293
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2010060141
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no2010060141
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
eng
Latn
Subjects
Insurance
Snowmobiling
Survival skills
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Explorers
Legal Statuses
Places
Minnesota--Saint Paul
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
North Pole
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Arctic regions
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Minnesota--St. Paul
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Canada, Northern
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>