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Driving from Alaska to Siberia

Posted by michael on from the would-make-a-good-junkyard-war dept.

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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  9. Except Greenspun spammed my ass! by sudog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

    Why would I want to travel anywhere with someone like that? Lame!

  10. Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Challengers!

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