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THE MAIN PROJECTS OF THE ADVENTURE CLUB
19892007.
Sport activities
- 1989 the Soviet American Expedition on dog sleds along
Chukotka, Russia and Alaska, USA;
- 1989-97 ski expeditions along drifting ice;
- 1991 parachute jumps to the North Pole (jointly with
the Russian Air Forces);
- 1991-93 annual running races to Mount of Elbrus;
- 1993 a marathon across the Sahara desert;
- 1998 the ski crossing of the Bering Strait;
- 2000 the super marathon in the Death Valley, California,
USA;
- 2000-01 round the world truck expedition Moscow Uelen
Seattle Toronto New York London Kaliningrad
Moscow;
- 2005 The Great Russian Race;
- 2006 The expedition of Prince Albert II of Monaco to
the North Pole.
Marine projects
- 1992 the first sailing of a foreign yacht from the White
Sea to the Black Sea via the internal water routes of Russia;
- 1996-99 a round the world sailing of the Adventure Club's
yacht around the Eastern Hemisphere over the four oceans,
including the Northeast passage;
- 2001-02 the second circumnavigation of the yacht "Apostol
Andrey";
- 2004-06 the third circumnavigation of the yacht "Apostol
Andrey".
Projects for people with disabilities
- 1991, 1992, 1994 a marathon in wheel chairs: Moscow
Kiev Krivoy Rog (1400 km); Vladivostok St. Petersburg
(11000 km, jointly with the Ministry of Defense); St. Petersburg
Alma-Ata along 15 countries of FIS and Baltic countries
(9000 km);
- 1995 an ascent of the Mt. Kazbek (5047 m) by disabled
sportsmen in wheel chairs;
- 1996 the ecological marathon in wheel chairs Semipalatinsk
Cheliabinsk Chernobyl, 10000 km (jointly with the Ministry
of Emergency situations);
- 1997 an ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 5895 m,
made by a team of disabled sportsmen;
- 2000 a ski expedition across Greenland by a team, including
one participant with spinal cord injury;
- 2002 an ascent of the Mt. McKinley (6194 m, Alaska,
USA) by disabled sportsmen in wheel chairs.
Projectsfor youth
- 1990 a scientific expedition to Chukotka (observation
of a total solar eclipse);
- 1992 kayak expeditions along the rivers of the USA and
Canada;
- 1997 a scientific expedition to Chita region (observation
of a total solar eclipse);
- 1998 a youth ecological expedition to Mt. Elbrus;
- 1999 a youth ecological expedition to Kamchatka;
- 2000-07 the youth ecological camp in the Republic of
Karelia.
Historical geographical projects
- 1990 the Russian-Norwegian expedition to Franz-Josef
Land; discovery of the wintering heim of Fridtjof Nansen;
- 1991 the Russian-Danish expedition to the Commander
Islands (Kamchatka). Discovery of the grave of Vitus Bering,
a world famous navigator;
- 1995 International expedition (Danish, English and Russian
participants) to Franz Josef Land. Discovery of the grave
of Georgy Sedov, a famous Russian polar explorer;
- 1999 a historical archaeological expedition to the burial
place of Vasily and Tatiana Pronchishchev, famous Russian
explorers, at the mouth of the Olenek river, North Yakutia
(jointly with the newspaper "Moskovskaia Pravda");
- 2001 a historical-archaeological expedition "The
mystery of the Lassenius detachment";
- 2002 a historical-archaeological expedition "Deznev,
Lassenius, Pronchishchev";
- 2006 Following the Trasec of Dr. Frederick Cook.
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