The full-scale test of the new cross-country vehicles was carried out. Travelers covered the hardest way over the drifting ice of Kara Sea, including wide zones of ice-holes, cracks and open water.
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VLADIMIR
CHUKOV
expedition leader
(Moscow) |
ILYA
FREIDOVICH
mechanic, physician
(Moscow) |
ALEXANDER
BORISEVICH
mechanic, cameraman
(Minsk) |
VASILY
ELAGIN
mechanic, cameraman
(Moscow) |
NIKOLAI
NIKULSHIN
mechanic
(Krasnodar reg.) |
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ALEXEI
BAKALOV
navigator
(Moscow) |
VICTOR
RUSSKY
photographer
(Seversk) |
IVAN
KUZHELIVSKY
cameraman
(Seversk) |
VICTOR
POMELOV
steward
(Moscow reg.) |
TAIMYR
Siberian hasky
(Moscow reg.) |
During spring 2005, the full-scale tests of the vehicles have been carried out in Kara Sea on drifting ice again. The tasks of movement tactics in ice conditions, navigation, communication and survival have been covered.
Route-2005 team memebers:
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VLADIMIR
CHUKOV
expedition leader
(Moscow) |
ALEXANDER
BORISEVICH
mechanic, photographer
(Minsk) |
VASILY
ELAGIN
mechanic, photographer
(Moscow) |
AFANASY
MAKOVNEV
cameraman, photographer
(Moscow) |
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ALEXANDER
KIRILLOV
photographer
(Moscow) |
ILYA
KIRILLOV
radioman, navigator
(Moscow) |
VICTOR
POMELOV
steward
(Moscow reg.) |
TAIMYR
Siberian hasky
(Moscow reg.) |
April – May, 2007
The next stage of vehicle tests was carried out in 2007 and 2008 covering more than 5,000 km along Barents and Kara Sea coastline.
Route-2007 team memebers:
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VLADIMIR
CHUKOV
expedition leader
(Moscow) |
ALEXANDER
BORISEVICH
mechanic, photographer
(Minsk) |
ILYA
FREIDOVICH
mechanic, physician
(Moscow) |
OLEG
KAZHARSKY
radio, navigation, IT
(Moscow) |
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ALEXANDER
MAKAROV
photographer, cameraman
(Moscow) |
AFANASY
MAKOVNEV
cameraman, photographer
(Moscow) |
VASILY
ELAGIN
mechanic, photographer
(Moscow) |
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