Plaisted Polar Expedition in New York Times PDD News Sieve 8 years ago Ralph Plaisted’s “Big Idea” — to travel to the North Pole by snowmobile — was born in Duluth’s Pickwick restaurant in 1966. The New York Times published a fresh account of the story last week. An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole Recommended Links:Sax-Zim Bog in New York TimesIron Range restaurant reviewed in New York TimesNew York Times Does Drinking in DuluthRemember the Fallen Heroes