From the National Geographic: Ice Bikers Follow Frozen Trail of Gold Rush.
During the long, cold winter the wilderness of Alaska and the Yukon is typically dog-sled country. It's also bush-plane country, snow-machine country, and snowshoe country. One thing it is not, at least not usually, is bicycle country. Yet as the northern spring approaches, the "Bikes on Ice" adventure is re-enacting two amazing cycling feats from the region's hectic gold rush past.
Three expert cyclists with extensive arctic travel experience, Andy Sterns, Frank Wolf, and Kevin Vallely, are currently in the midst of a demanding adventure they've dubbed "Bikes on Ice." Wolf, a writer, and Vallely, an architect, are both from Vancouver, British Columbia. Sterns is a teacher from Fairbanks, Alaska. Their mission: complete a 1,200-mile journey down the frozen Yukon River and up the Bering Sea coast from Dawson, Yukon to Nome, Alaska-on a bicycle.
One of the members of the "Bikes on Ice" adventure pedals along the Alaska landscape. The 1,200-mile journey began in Dawson, Yukon and will end at Nome, Alaska.As crazy as the idea may seem, it's not exactly original. The group was inspired by a pair of century-old bicycling feats that became a colorful part of gold rush legend. [continue]
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