“36,000-mile trek hits speed bump”

“36,000-mile trek hits speed bump”

The Seattle Times – English – Wednesday April 5, 2006

MOSCOW — A pair of British and American adventurers who say they crossed a 56-mile stretch of the frozen Bering Strait on foot from Alaska, with brief periods of swimming in protective suits, have been detained in Russia’s far eastern Chukotka region for violating border regulations, authorities said Tuesday.