Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I'm planning a trip and one of my main points is not to fly unless absolutely necessary. My biggest problem is how to cross from Asia to America without a plane. If it's absolutely impossible to cross the Bering Strait without flying, which is the shortest route?
Maybe a small airplane? Crossing Bering Strait on a boat does seem possible but it's going to be difficult practically. Adam Katz put together a bunch of notes on how to do this. From the looks of it, it appears you might have to pay your way through it on commercial fishing vessels which operate in the area. From the linked source:.
It is recommended to cross in a seaworthy vessel capable of handling intense storms. It is possible to cross the narrowest part of the Bering Strait in a smaller boat such as a kayak during a calm period of weather, however a support boat would be recommended.
The problem, however, is the possibility of having the boats confiscated upon reaching shore. This is very difficult. Not only is it necessary to arrive in Russia in an official port of call, but it is also necessary to depart from an official port of call. We have not heard of any adventurers who have received permission to arrive or depart from the remote shoreline of Russia.
A discussion on Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree forums mentions previous attempts and further information. It should be noted that Nome is not a usual port of entry into the USA, and it could be a problem as there is only a part time Immigration and Customs agent.
In addition, from Nome to the rest of Alaska would then require an expensive flight to either Anchorage or Fairbanks. After going through four concepts, the team settled on a design that added two huge, foot-long aluminum screws either side of the vehicle.
The hollow screws would provide buoyancy in the water, and when rotated would allow the vehicle to haul itself up onto the ice and bore through and over ice ridges. However, the vehicle had too little buoyancy and sat too low in the water, so the team called off their attempt. But by , the team had a new version ready, Snowbird VI, and was confident enough to show it off at a press event in London just six weeks before its attempt on the Bering Strait.
As journalists and spectators gathered on the banks of the Thames, Snowbird VI made her way down the river for nearly a mile — but then began to list dangerously toward the stern. One of the screws had sprung a leak, and the team was forced to head to shore.
The press were merciless and the fiasco was broadcast worldwide. After the failed attempt and the humiliation on the Thames, the pressure was on for the attempt to succeed. The team brought Snowbird VI to Wales, Alaska — and then had to wait for days for the weather to clear and to receive final clearance from the Russian authorities. Then, finally, the weather cleared and the team decided to set off, hoping to hear from the Russians en route.
The vehicle performed perfectly, and Brooks and his co-pilot, Graham Stratford, made good time across the ice. But then, 12 hours into the trip, came bad news from the Russian side: the local authorities said they had still not received a crucial document from Moscow, and told the team that if they landed in Russia they would be arrested.
Even if he could not make it all the way to the other side, he decided to change course and head for the International Date Line, the official border with Russia. The route to the date line headed across the most dangerous part of the ice, and on one occasion the team had to use chainsaws to dig the vehicle out.
But they made it, and held a celebration at the Russian border, the other team members joining them by helicopter from Wales. They raised an Explorers Club flag and a Union Jack, and in a tribute to the bureaucrats who had thwarted their trip, dropped their pants in the zero-degree weather and defiantly mooned the Russians. Note that Nome is not a regular Port of Entry into the USA, though there is a teacher who does Customs and Immigration in his spare time those arriving from Russia sometimes have to wait for him to get out of his class, which ends at 9pm.
Travel between Providenya and other parts of Russia involves flying, unless you wish to walk. There are occasional flights to and from Chukotka's capital Anadyr, which is one of the nastiest cities in the whole of the former USSR.
Anadyr is linked by air to Moscow, and sometimes to other parts of Siberia. Onward travel from Nome to other parts of the USA requires taking an expensive flight to Anchorage unless you are good at handling huskies.
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