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Bering Straits crossed by floaty Land Rover W to E and some lovely pix of F E Russia on the way there.

http://www.capetocape.org.uk/

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/features/article4538168.ece

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Bugger - that's another thing I wanted to do to cross off the list.

BUT - excellent that someone's finally done it and great photos too.
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There is always crossing on the ice in winter. Its been done before by car and on foot but not (as far as I know) by motor bike.

But the ice has not been as thick in recent years, so its probably not on these days. Ford Motor Co had to abandon a 3 Maverick 4x4s 'London to New York driving only' attempt in about 1995 for just this reason. There is a BBC report if you Google for it - probably under "Bearing Straits,Ford Maverick, London to New York on wheels" or parts. (I just dont have the link to hand!)
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I don't think it's been done by car, well not that I can find and I've been looking at this for years. There was however someone with the idea to ride a C90 across.

I suppose the big thing would be the first person to make a continuous drive including crossing the Bering Straits and not stopping and starting and leaving the vehicle around.

But, I think this is a huge effort and say well done.

Mind you not the first to circumnavigate a car round the world including ocean crossing, that was done in the 50's by Half Safe a WWII amphibious Jeep, but they went lower across the Pacific.
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I don't think it's been done by car,

AFAIK you are right Alex. I researched the history of the Bering last year and at that time Steve B looked to be the most promising prospect in a car.
From what I learned of previous attempts (with a whole lot more money), his plan: land in winter, sea in summer - was the only way to succeed, and so it turned out, even if he was dragged much of the way to Uelen along the broken up coast by some sort of local tracked APC (his demountable tracks were too small).

...not stopping and starting and leaving the vehicle around.
I dont think it's possible in a near-conventional vehicle. The sea ice is too broken in winter unless you have something like an:
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and the land is too swampy in summer. In that part of Russia they can only deliver supplies by land in winter when the rivers are frozen hard.

Half Safe: now you're talking! I'm just finishing the book as he's heading for the Aleutians and the last lap. It's got to be the most incredible RTW by car ever and he did it all without a tow. Nothing comes close.

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...not stopping and starting and leaving the vehicle around.
I dont think it's possible in a near-conventional vehicle. The sea ice is too broken in winter unless you have something like an:
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and the land is too swampy in summer.
I've in the past looked at things like THIS and similar as they're Russian built specifically for charging round the boggy siberian taiga. Mind you how they'd cope with a sea-crossing I don't know, and of course I don't speak Russian so have no idea what the site - nor the magazine article I received say.

Still it'd be a great campervan wouldn't it?
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