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... and of course Matthias Jeschke's RTW trial that made it until Uelen in 2009 (with heavy expedition gear):

Extrem Events - Matthias Jeschke - Paris-New York

Apparently the first ever on the Southern Route:

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The only successful Bering Strait crossing by car, the famous Cape-to-Cape expedition by Landrover in 2008. In several steps, on the iceroads in winter and on pontoons in summer:

Cape to Cape Expedition

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Cape to Cape Expedition

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Here is the Polish expedition on motorbikes that speculates about possible ways from Magadan to Anadyr in summer:

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As I understand it, they did not make it (?)
Yep they did.

Russia Travel Forums - View topic - Magada-Anadyr by land?

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Thanks for the links.

Amazing stuff.

Moto Siberia's route:

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Found this other Polish expedition on MotoSiberia's amazing thread:

Expedition of the Century - participants | romualdkoperski.pl

Romuald Kopersi by MAN truck to Chukotka and back:

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And to complete the list: Karl Bushby's Goliath Expedition on foot

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Mikael Strandberg's "Expedition Siberia 2004" on foot - not to forget.

Expedition: Sibirien 2004

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If you're collecting Pevel trips, this is the one that first inspired me:-

www.sever66.ru/?cid=2145::
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If you're collecting Pevel trips, this is the one that first inspired me:-

www.sever66.ru/?cid=2145::
Many thanks, Fastship. Very good website.

Yes, I am gathering maximum information about Chukotka / Bering Strait / Kamchatka expeditions (which are still minimal).

My car is in Magadan and I would love to continue my Murmansk-Machackala-Magadan-drive to Mys Schmidta immediately. But I don't think I'll have a 10 day time-window until the ice melts in April. Next year maybe...

Here is the route of Sever66 in 2007 up to Mys Schmidta / Cape Schmidt in a single GAZ 66 van, including a Dutch and a German participant:

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They are in Anadyr so some wonderful pictures are coming through now.

Re. the worries we are expressing with regard to cold weather gear this URAL driver shows how he prepares for driving in -39C .... tee shirt, no gloves

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Here is the Polish expedition on motorbikes that speculates about possible ways from Magadan to Anadyr in summer:

666 MotoSiberia Evil

As I understand it, they did not make it (?)
They didnt make it via a land route. Initial plan was to go overland from Omsukchan to the coast, then Evensk, Gizhiga and onwards to Anadyr. That didnt work (they got to the coast from Omsukchan which was a big struggle, then could really go only a few miles up the coast - they never made it to Evensk) so they looked for another way and found you could take a barge on the Kolyma River.

They took a barge from Seymchan just off the Road of Bones up to Chersky near the Arctic Ocean - over 1000 km I believe. The road then from Chersky to Egvekinot was graded gravel (an all season road) and not a problem.

In short - the issue in summer is getting from the Kolyma Highway to Chersky near the Arctic Ocean. There are no summer roads and that section is only doable in winter. (or by barge in summer)
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They are in Anadyr so some wonderful pictures are coming through now.

Re. the worries we are expressing with regard to cold weather gear this URAL driver shows how he prepares for driving in -39C .... tee shirt, no gloves
Great pictures indeed.

Amazing how the locals deal with the cold.
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They didnt make it via a land route. Initial plan was to go overland from Omsukchan to the coast, then Evensk, Gizhiga and onwards to Anadyr. That didnt work (they got to the coast from Omsukchan which was a big struggle, then could really go only a few miles up the coast - they never made it to Evensk) so they looked for another way and found you could take a barge on the Kolyma River.

They took a barge from Seymchan just off the Road of Bones up to Chersky near the Arctic Ocean - over 1000 km I believe. The road then from Chersky to Egvekinot was graded gravel (an all season road) and not a problem.

In short - the issue in summer is getting from the Kolyma Highway to Chersky near the Arctic Ocean. There are no summer roads and that section is only doable in winter. (or by barge in summer)
Thanks for the info colebatch.

Looks like a big adventure. In winter and in summer.
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The Amaroks - now accompanied by two Isuzu Ohara caterpillars - have taken an interesting initial direction, almost circular, on their last leg from Anadyr to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, now completely offroad:

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I have to admit I have been doing some dreaming about this on a bike in winter aswell. Probably just a pipe dream. None the less do you think it is possible to take this to the ultimate next step and ride across the Bering Sea ice aswell?
This Russian expedition is attempting the crossing but the long way around - via the pole! They are on the ice as we speak.

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Looking at the Amarok expedition, it looks like they are having a hard going. I don't think, looking at some of their photos that a bike could make headway through the two metres of snow on the post Anadyr leg. To Pevek and perhaps Uelen yes.
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