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[[File:Drgssirohi.JPG|thumb|right|Dr. G.S. Sirohi]]<br />
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'''Giri Raj Singh Sirohi''' was the first [[India]]n to set foot on [[Antarctica]]. Sirohi is a [(scientist)] who carried out research at the [[South Pole]] in [[Antarctica]] in 1960 for around 100 days in sub-zero temperatures. Sirohi received the lifetime award from the [[Indian Society for Plant Physiology]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/rjan2003/08012003/r0801200313.html |title=PIB Press Releases |publisher=pib.nic.in |accessdate=2010-01-25 }}</ref><br />
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To honour his breakthrough contribution to the [[Science]] of [[Plant Physiology]], the [[Federal government of the United States|US Government]] instructed the [[United States Board on Geographic Names]] to name a place in [[Antarctica]] after him as ''Sirohi Point'' in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/?id=_bQeAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Sirohi+Point%22&dq=%22Sirohi+Point%22&cd=8 | title=The Indian Year Book of International Affairs| year=1974}}</ref><ref>http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=131659<br />
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The objective of the experiments was to collect data on the [[Chronobiology|Biological Clock]] at the [[South Pole]], since it represented a place where the rotational activity of the [[Earth]] could be negated. The plant material ([[soybean]]s, etc.) and animal material ([[hamster]]s, etc.) were studied at the [[South Pole]]. Project work took almost 12 months, out of which 4 months were spent at the [[South Pole]] in [[Antarctica]].<br />
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He co-authored a book on plant-physiology.<ref>[https://www.amazon.ca/Glossary-Plant-Physiology-G-Murti/dp/8170353211 Glossary of Plant Physiology]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110124193701/http://www.ispp-online.org/awards.html Dr. G.S. Sirohi Award]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://sites.google.com/site/amitasirohi/ Website]<br />
* http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v195/n4840/abs/195476a0.html<br />
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