Bering Bridge: The Soviet-American Expedition from Siberia to Alaska - Hardcover

Schurke, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0938586319 ISBN 13: 9780938586319

Publisher: Pfeifer-Hamilton Pub, 1989

Synopsis

Describes the experiences of a team of twelve men and women, six Russian and six American, as they travel one thousand miles across Arctic tundra and Arctic waters

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From School Library Journal

YA --Written in an informal style, this Arctic trek reads like a novel, and even includes a bit of complicated international romance. Schurke recounts the experiences of the Bering Bridge expedition during March-May, 1989. Through his persistence as co-leader, 12 Soviet and American adventurers, including three Eskimos and three Chukchis, visited a string of remote Siberian villages, crossed the International Date Line, and continued the journey to native towns in Alaska. The group encountered red tape (the Bering Strait had been closed to travel in either direction since 1948), fierce weather, and team rivalries, but Schurke never gave up his dream uniting the people of two continents. The expedition received warm welcomes on both sides of the Strait, united native team members with distant relatives, and helped East-West relations. In April 1989, the governors of Siberia and Alaska signed a protocol requesting their governments to open the border to travel by native peoples. In September 1989 this became a reality. A story of high adventure by dogsled, skis, and skin boat. --Mary Gerrity, Queen Anne School, Upper Marlboro, MD
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

The 12-member Soviet-American Bering Bridge Expedition traveled 1000 miles from Anadyr, Siberia to Kotzebue, Alaska by dogsleds, skis, and other modes of transportation with the expressed aim of opening up the Soviet/American border for free passage of native Siberians and Americans. Although the "dogsled diplomats" suffered the usual Arctic miseries, they were rewarded by the achievement of their goal. Bering Bridge is a readable account by co-leader Schurke which will appeal to a wide audience. "Thawing the Ice Curtain," a National Geographic Explorer program, documented the expedition for television.
- J.F. Husband, Framingham State Coll. Lib., Mass.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pfeifer-Hamilton Pub
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0938586319
• ISBN 13: 9780938586319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 225