Indian Navy Mission Dakshin Dhruv 2006

• The Indian Naval ensign first flew in Antarctica in 1981. 
• The Indian Navy succeeded in Mission Dakshin Dhruv 2006 by traversing to the South Pole on skis. 
• With this historic expedition, they have set the record for being the first military team to have successfully completed a ski traverse to the Geographic South Pole. 
• Also, three of the ten member team – the expedition leader – Cdr. Satyabrata Dam, leading medical assistants Rakesh Kumar and Vikas Kumar are now amongst the few people in the world to have visited the two poles and summited Mt. Everest. 
• Indian Navy became the first organisation to reach the poles and Mt.Everest.