It may seem daft,is it feasible to truck from Northern Russia to the USA via Canada,is it a land locked area,or have to take a ferry,Michael Palin did a similar trip,on his world tours. 
No itâs not. Michael Palin had terrible trouble in that area, on the Long Way Round Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman had to fly their bikes across, and if you went from Russia the first land youâd hit is the US not Canada.
Although Iâm sure thereâs some bs merchant thatâll claim he did it in the 70âs in a F88 if you look hard enough.
Think you will find he did it in a wendy house Volvo fl10,with no night heater,and got shot at by a mafia gang en route.
switchlogic:
No itâs not. Michael Palin had terrible trouble in that area, on the Long Way Round Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman had to fly their bikes across, and if you went from Russia the first land youâd hit is the US not Canada.
correct a small place called Alaska would get in the way 
there are studies about building either a bridge or a tunnel as the distance itself is not so great but I doubt if either of these will be built before my grandson is drawing his pension
Vascoingles:
switchlogic:
No itâs not. Michael Palin had terrible trouble in that area, on the Long Way Round Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman had to fly their bikes across, and if you went from Russia the first land youâd hit is the US not Canada.correct a small place called Alaska would get in the way
there are studies about building either a bridge or a tunnel as the distance itself is not so great but I doubt if either of these will be built before my grandson is drawing his pension
That small place called Alaska, isnt it a state of the USA? So the first land you came to would in fact be the USA!
ivtrans.am/news.php?news=44&num=2
roadtransport.com/blogs/big- ⌠8-exp.html
skids:
Vascoingles:
switchlogic:
No itâs not. Michael Palin had terrible trouble in that area, on the Long Way Round Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman had to fly their bikes across, and if you went from Russia the first land youâd hit is the US not Canada.correct a small place called Alaska would get in the way
there are studies about building either a bridge or a tunnel as the distance itself is not so great but I doubt if either of these will be built before my grandson is drawing his pension
That small place called Alaska, isnt it a state of the USA? So the first land you came to would in fact be the USA!
Yes, thatâs the point we were making.
switchlogic:
skids:
Vascoingles:
switchlogic:
No itâs not. Michael Palin had terrible trouble in that area, on the Long Way Round Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman had to fly their bikes across, and if you went from Russia the first land youâd hit is the US not Canada.correct a small place called Alaska would get in the way
there are studies about building either a bridge or a tunnel as the distance itself is not so great but I doubt if either of these will be built before my grandson is drawing his pension
That small place called Alaska, isnt it a state of the USA? So the first land you came to would in fact be the USA!
Yes, thatâs the point we were making.
Apologies, read it through the bottom of a wine glass! 
I seem to remember i think back in the 80âs one of the blue peter presenters tried going from london to new york by land. they drove through the service tunnel of the channel tunnel then across to russia, they had to wait for a particular time of the year when the ice was thick enough to drive from russia to alaska. canât remember though if the ice froze but they did make it to new york.
canât remember his name but he was the one who puts his hand into the treestump in flash gordon film
welshboyinspain:
I seem to remember i think back in the 80âs one of the blue peter presenters tried going from london to new york by land. they drove through the service tunnel of the channel tunnel then across to russia, they had to wait for a particular time of the year when the ice was thick enough to drive from russia to alaska. canât remember though if the ice froze but they did make it to new york.
canât remember his name but he was the one who puts his hand into the treestump in flash gordon film
The reason I looked for the Iveco links was because I remember something similar. I am sure they did it in some old Fiats on a expedition.
I watched Ben Fogle on TV last night about Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen crossing the Antarctic. It was amazing how much stuff they carried and dragged across the ice.
I am going outside now. I may be some time 
maxadventure.co.uk/lrglobal1
mentione here about ivecoâs attempt and how they got on
welshboyinspain:
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mentione here about ivecoâs attempt and how they got on
What a great site. Sir Ranulph Fiennes has had an amazing career from Dhofar to this and all his other expeditions. My claim to fame was that he worked with a driver from Norman Lewis in Dhofar
Wheel Nut:
welshboyinspain:
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mentione here about ivecoâs attempt and how they got onWhat a great site. Sir Ranulph Fiennes has had an amazing career from Dhofar to this and all his other expeditions. My claim to fame was that he worked with a driver from Norman Lewis in Dhofar
some awesome machines wheelnut? go anywhere with those things.
switchlogic:
No itâs not.
So the bloke on the train the other day who I got lumbered with was fibbing thenâ â ?
Wheel Nut:
I am going outside now. I may be some time
& thatâs where the term âdoing a captain Oatsâ comes from 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Oates
This kind of bravery & self sacrifice should never be forgotten, it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up to think of it. 
Ross.
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Wheel Nut:
I am going outside now. I may be some time& thatâs where the term âdoing a captain Oatsâ comes from
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Oates
This kind of bravery & self sacrifice should never be forgotten, it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up to think of it.
Ross.
Cheers for that link thatâs really interesting. I myself am a big fan of Shackleton, I think what he did was amazing and makes you realise nothing that we do in our daily lives is difficult really! The two part Channel 4 drama Shackleton is very good. Kenneth Brannagh plays him. Itâs available on iTunes for something silly like ÂŁ4.99
Ewan Mc`Gregor is filming today in Wells cathedral in Somerset,some film about giants.Will let you know if i spot the geezer.
Because Capt. Lennie Oates body was never found, they suggest now, that due to the shifting icecap, his preserved body could quite easily be washed up on the shoreline. It would be a great discovery.
This piece in the Wiki link made me smile.
In the episode entitled âWhite Holeâ of the British TV series Red Dwarf, the characters plead with the hologram Rimmer to sacrifice himself by agreeing to be turned off, thus providing the currently-low-on-power ship to sustain them for longer than it could do so if he was still running, comparing the act to that of Oates. Rimmer simply dismisses him as a âpratâ, suggesting instead that since the only record of Oatesâ sacrifice was from Scottâs journal, itâs likely that Scott had eaten Oates to avoid starvation after he had âwhacked him over the head with a frozen huskyâ (which is what Rimmer said heâd do, had he been there), the diary entry simply being made because, in Rimmerâs view, it was âbetter to say âOates made the supreme sacrificeâ while youâre dabbing up his gravy with the last piece of crusty breadâ.
Loved Red Dwarf!
I got sent that way when I reloaded in Anchorage after tipping on the Chinese border. I think that was the trip I just missed catching The Herald on the way back. 