Paris New York Transcontinental 2009 - Clip 04 - From Paris to New York via the Bering Strait

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Part 4 - Through Russia and Mongolia

An extreme project for drivers both historical and historic

An international team of drivers will start in Paris on October 1, 2008, and is estimated to reach New York by the middle of May 2009. They will venture east through Russia up to the outermost edge of Eurasia and thus try to be the first team to ever reach the Bering Strait with wheel-driven vehicles of their own accord. Then, in February 2009, it is planned to cross the Bering Strait by driving over the ice. Considering that the strait has not been completely frozen for years, a swimming system will be in use for security. In the case that the vehicles break through ice or in case of open expanses of water, the swimming system will bring them to the next accessible sheet of ice. Upon arriving the American continent, the third challenge will be waiting for the team. The participants of the expedition have set themselves the goal - which has never been achieved before - to drive from Wales to Fairbanks and reach it of their own accord with wheel-driven vehicles. Continuing its jouney from Fairbanks, the team will cross Canada, drive through the USA from west to east and finally reach New York.

By then the Extrem Events team will have achieved three absolutely historical performances:

Reaching Uelen / Russia of their own accord by wheel-driven vehicles
Crossing of the Bering Strait
First drive from Wales / Alaska to Fairbanks / Alaska along the northern coast




The goals of this expedition are to promote CO2-neutral project balance, the worldwide use of renewable energies and energy efficiency. The team will drive around the world using only one mean of transportation.

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