Yemelya special mobile unit
Test Drive
Last opportunity to challenge modernized vehicles, new equipment, and team work, before we set the wheels in motion for the main expedition.
6—26 April 2023
11 team members
Distance 1000+ kм
An international team of adventurers, all engineering and technology specialists, will unite their knowledge and years of experience to ensure the success of this ultra-challenging drive. Travelling a new and daring route, the immediate objective is completion of a unique final training journey through extreme climatic conditions and very tough terrain, including critical experience of crossing "leads" in the sea ice.

This mission will conclude the team's final preparations for their ultimate goal: reaching the North Pole in 2024.
An international team of adventurers, all engineering and technology specialists, will unite their knowledge and years of experience to ensure the success of this ultra-challenging drive. Travelling a new and daring route, the immediate objective is completion of a unique final training journey through extreme climatic conditions and very tough terrain, including critical experience of crossing "leads" in the sea ice.

This mission will conclude the team's final preparations for their ultimate goal: reaching the North Pole in 2024.
  • Vasily Elagin
  • Andrew Comrie-Picard
  • Alexei Safonov
  • Max Badulin
  • Konstantin Gavrilov
  • Sergei Popov
  • Alexei Zaitsev
  • Anton Ershov
  • Alexei Dubinin
  • Zurab Sanikidze
  • Sergei Larin
Dates & the Route
1
Depart from
Cambridge Bay
06 April
2
Visit the community
of Gjoa Haven
10 April
3
Visit the community
of Taloyoak
12 April
4
Visit Fort Ross
16 April
5
Travel to the west edge of Bellot Strait
18 April
6
Travel by Tasmania Islands
20 April
7
Return to Cambridge Bay
26 April
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