26 January 2009
It has been quite some time since we last produced an update for the website and unfortunately we are still struggling against inertia. There are two main obstacles in our path neither of which are physically geographic. If only they were.

Since his first time in Chukotka Karl has returned to Russia three times but has had to leave after a number of months because of the short term propusk (permit) required for that region, (2-6 months). He then had to return to Alaska and start the process to obtain another propusk. Karl can only return to walk in the winter months as that region has too many water obstacles to walk across in summer. He is now at a point where, on his next trip to Russia, he should be able to walk out of Chukotka and not require a special propusk anymore.

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26 January 2009
I came back last summer facing a series of issues that had to be resolved before I could return and continue in Russia. Funding, without which very little happens, for a start. A visa extension / waiver, again without which I face expensive and extensive delays, (three month in Russia, three months out). Finally there is the timing issue. I need solid rivers, I need winter routes.    Continue »

View Karl's Bering Strait crossing as documented
by BBC's Inside Out

A few words from Karl
June 9, 2006