Lena River Icebiking Expedition
A 3800 kilometres expedition from Ustkut to the Arctic ocean over the frozen Lena River | 
Go to website | Ralph Tuijn (Exp.Leader) Erik Gelauff _ |
Ralph Tuijn and Erik Gelauff from Holland are going to cycle 3800 kilometres from Ustkut to the Arctic ocean at Tiksi all over the frozen Lena River (Siberia). This is an worldrecord attempt over the ice by a 2 wheeldrive vehicle on own power (Unsupported). During the first 2000 kilometres, they come across villages every 3 days. During the last 1800 kilometres there is a possibility of seeing no villages in 2 weeks. At the same time this is the area where the wind is the hardest and the temperature can drop to -60 degrees. 200 kilometres before the 'finish' they propably meet polarbears. To defend themselves they have a revolver en they set up perimeters with flares around the tent. To complete this expediton they have a special designed Vittorio icebike with double rows spike tyres which can take a lot of materials and food. The other bike is a regular mountainbike with spike tyres.
The expedition will start on 15th december 2003 and must be completed on 20th Februar 2004. |
