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Driving from Alaska to Siberia
Pelerin writes "The team from the
Ice Challenger project are driving from
Alaska to Provodanya, in Siberia; across the
56-mile field of ice floes that each winter
"joins" America
and Russia. At the last minute the Russian
authorities
have denied the entry permit but the
crew says they're on track to reach the Big
Diomedes islands, which lie across the date
line, thereby proving it's possible to do this.
This feat
is not as easy as it sounds due to the
harsh Artic winter conditions, and the fact
that the ice floes themselves are drifting
at a pretty good clip. It takes
a specially built vehicle
to tackle this adventure. Geek quotient: pretty
high :)" If you just want to drive to Alaska, you might go with Philip Greenspun. And if these guys don't make the trip to Russia this year, they might not get a chance. Update: 04/08 12:21 GMT by T : DrShrink adds to the story: "The two made it to Siberia, however were turned back due to not gaining permission to enter Russian territory."
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I now this is completely redundant to this story and everything. But i just had to post a comment, somewhere....
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There was a message I sent to him with a tailored from: address--I do this regularly in order to track down where my emails are being harvested from. And lo! The email address I used to send perfectly legitimate, polite inquiries to the guy is suddenly spammed with a load of email? What, is he whoring out his private address box/inbox now? Or is this guy--a self-described computer-savvy individual, going to claim he's been hacked? Give me a break.
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