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Non-Road Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Grzrd on May 28, 2013, 03:39:57 PM

Title: Eight Explorers Drive From Russia to Canada via North Pole
Post by: Grzrd on May 28, 2013, 03:39:57 PM
Who needs a long bridge to make this drive?:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327494/Crossing-worlds-terrifying-terrain--giant-red-bus-Eight-intrepid-explorers-people-DRIVE-Russia-Canada-North-Pole.html
Title: Re: Eight Explorers Drive From Russia to Canada via North Pole
Post by: Brandon on May 28, 2013, 07:19:00 PM
Cool.  Would've been neater if they used four-wheel trucks a la Top Gear UK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear:_Polar_Special).
Title: Re: Eight Explorers Drive From Russia to Canada via North Pole
Post by: Takumi on May 28, 2013, 08:35:03 PM
Quote from: Brandon on May 28, 2013, 07:19:00 PM
a la Top Gear.
Fixed. The US version is a disgrace.
Title: Re: Eight Explorers Drive From Russia to Canada via North Pole
Post by: oscar on August 11, 2014, 08:57:33 PM
An article published in Nunavut News/North earlier this month (almost immediately moved behind a paywall, so I can't provide a link) reported the Russians kept their vehicles in Resolute Bay NU for the summer, then returned to Russia via Cambridge Bay NU in winter 2014.

This newer article also underscored that Canadian officials knew about and approved the plan in advance, and Resolute Bay residents were given a head's up so they could greet the Russians and gawk at their vehicles.
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