Cross The Bering Strait
Distance: 87.82 km
17 Nov 2023 - 31 Jul 2024
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This iconic swim takes you across-continents from the US to Russia with a short break at Diomede island at the halfway point, the challenge takes the shortest crossing between the two countries, don't forget your passport!
The Bering Strait is a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska
In 1987, swimmer Lynne Cox swam a 4.3-kilometer (2.7 mi) course between the Diomede Islands from Alaska to the Soviet Union in 3.3 °C water during the last years of the Cold War. She was congratulated jointly by American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Between August 4-10, 2013, a team of 65 swimmers from 17 countries performed a relay swim across the Bering Strait, the first such swim in history. They swam from Cape Dezhnev, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales, United States (roughly 110 kilometers (68 mi), due to the current). They had direct support from the Russian Navy, using one of its ships, and assistance with permission.
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