The first stage of the expedition planned for April - May, 2002 has been successfully completed!
The 6th of April starting from the Salekhard, 10 travelers on four cross-country pneumatic vehicles "Chukotka" made a passage of a total of more than 6,000 km along the Siberian Arctic coastline from Labytnangy to Pevek.
 Salekhard
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 Pevek |
The stage was successfully completed on May 27th of 2002 in Pevek town – the most northern town in the World.
Members of the route team:
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VLADIMIR CHUKOV expedition leader (Moscow) |
IGOR SMILIVETC second-in-leader (Engels) |
VASILY ELAGIN mechanic, photographer (Moscow) |
NIKOLAI NIKULSHIN mechanic (Krasnodar reg.) |
ILYA FREIDOVICH mechanic, physician (Ìîñêâà) |
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VYACHESLAV GOSUDAREV scientist, radio op. (Moscow) |
VITALY MAZURKEVITCH mechanic (Minsk) |
IVAN KUZHELIVSKY cameraman (Tomsk) |
AFANASY MAKOVNEV cameraman (Bukhta Provideniya) |
YURI ZARUBA rado operator (Novosibirsk) |