Reisevortrag: Tschukotka - Mit Bike und Boot zur Beringsee

In the organizer's words:

Lecture by Richard Löwenherz

For a long time, Richard Löwenherz dreamed of cycling through Chukotka, the north-easternmost tip of Russia, just opposite Alaska. Completely cut off from the rest of the country's road network and under the strict regime of the Russian border guards, this part of the planet is more difficult to travel through than almost any other. The adventurer spent a whole four years fighting for a special permit to be able to travel to what felt like the end of the world on his own - a privilege previously only granted to a few individual Western travelers.

On a fatbike, the solo traveler finally sets off on wild gravel roads that are not marked on any map and with a small rubber dinghy he rafts on unknown rivers through the pathless mountain tundra. Along the way, he meets mad scientists, helpful truckers and daring hitchhikers. He braves bloodthirsty swarms of mosquitoes, tangles with roaming brown bears and takes part in the archaic life of reindeer herders. But the most unbelievable encounter occurs in the very place where he no longer expects anyone...