12 years, 36,000 miles, 4 continents, 25 countries, crossing a frozen sea, 6 deserts, 7 mountain ranges
24th April 2006
Unfortunately Karl and Dimitris’ money has run out so they are unable to make phone-calls and as we are unable to phone them, then we are relying on very limited e-mails for information. While it has been extremely difficult to get any money to them, we may be able to rectify that problem [...]
17 th April 2006
At this time Karl and Dimitri are still in Lavrentiya. As a good number of you will know. the result of the court case was a disaster, especially for Karl. Both K & D are to be fined 2000 roubles ($72 / £41) and deported from Russia. It was stated that they [...]
11th April 2006
E-mails have been received from both Karl and Dimitri, still in Lavrentiya (population 1200). It would appear that within the next day or two a federal judge will decide if and when this case will be brought to court. The charge will be entering the country at a none authorised entry point. They [...]
4th April 2006
Today the balloon went up when I received a call at 07:00 stating that two foreigners (no names given) had been detained by border guards on the Chukot Peninsula. It would appear these people did not have the correct entry stamps on their visas, or in fact exit stamps on their American visas [...]
31st March 2006
I got a call from Karl this morning (09:00 UK) (23:00 Thurs AK), stating that from yesterday’s location they had made it to within half a mile of the shoreline but had to stop due to lack of light. They had come across some open-water with a 9ft wall of ice on the [...]