The first three months at the 13th Ukrainian Antarctic expedition at the station "Akademik Vernadsky". This is not video, but a very rapid slideshow, so excuse me if it is a little difficult to watch )
Photographed Volodymyr Goynik. The song "Vernadsky station" wrote the czech , traveling alone on the yacht last 5 years. At Vernadsky him so much that he stayed with us for about a week, and a few months and wrote this song.
Saturday August 22 after a brief press conference, under the arch of Friendship of Nations, all interested persons to gather in Kiev plastic bottles were divided into three groups. One group went to Trukhanov Island, the second in the Hidropark, and the third group moved slopes of the Dnieper.
29-30 August, a fusion of the Seim and Desna rivers to raft out of plastic bottles. Route: from Baturin to Kiev. Press conference devoted to this event, held in Kiev on Saturday, August 22 at 11:00, under the arch of Friendship of Peoples (under the National Philharmonic, in beginning of Khreschatyk).
On July, 15th.Sinkovka - Terehovka (32 km)1st day in Belarus. In connection with a delay at customs, we have crossed border only in the late evening. Having passed practically nothing, we have been compelled will stop on spending the night near to settlement Terehovka, in a mysterious place at lake with crosses and night animals.On July, 16-18th.Terehovka - Gomel (51 km)By a dinner having arrived to Gomel we have faced features of the Belarus mentality and were surprised goodwill of local population....
Heavy burden last events on our shoulders have laid down: after heavy night in Szczors we have gone in Gorodnya from which planned to reach a check-point in with. Wood and so it also happens if it has not appeared that is only local check point which resolves journey to inhabitants of frontier area. It was necessary to turn back and to move or in with. Old Yarylovichi on the Ukrainian impassability or to go in with. Senkovka in which roads on a printing card have been at least noted. GpS-kommunikator...
Now we in the city of Schors, near the river of Dreams. The general passed way - 360 km. To border with Belarus there were 60 kilometres.Average speed of movement for all time of travel has made 60 km / day. It is less, than was planned in the beginning as first from time to time there are excesses, such as rain and desire to spend in a good place superfluous day, and secondly we have a little changed the expedition concept - instead of high-speed movement on lines, have decided to go on peripheral...
For the second day of travel there was an unexpected change of a route. Instead of the planned journey through Chernigov, have made a hook in 100 kilometres, having visited in art eko-settlements "island Obirok" near to Baturin to Leonid Kanteru (the initiator of the project «With stool to oceans»).
The general passed way - 220 km, to Minsk remains 560 kilometres. Have added to the feet of 240 additional kilometres. General time of bicycle race makes 14 hours, average...
On Monday on July, 6th the command from four persons, has left Kiev to Minsk. The trip purpose - as much as possible to approach way conditions to round-the-world expedition on the bicycles which beginning is planned for September, 2009. The distance to a terminal point and back makes 1500 kilometres, and it almost 1\15 a part of a way of the future road.
The route passes through Chernigov, Gomel, Bobruisk, Minsk, Brest, Lutsk, Exactly, Zhitomir to return to Kiev we want to 15th July (I doubt it...
As is well known routes may sometimes lie in a deserted field and this means that you need to take a stock of products so that they do not fall off their feet drag on the first day and that there is no grass in the past.
As the cyclist constantly consumes energy hence he must add it, even when a pedal of his environmentally friendly mode of transport. To do this to him in easily accessible locations should be based on the following: different types of nuts, dried apricots, peeled seeds, raisins,...
We can not help to paraphrase a famous phrase to read, - «healthy spirit - a healthy body».
So, having met the spirit, realizing that the path length of 20 200km this clear challenge to our physical abilities, began intensive training, which are mainly aimed at improving endurance. Running long-distance athletic exercises, bicycle races of Kiev, Kiev region, so for the last time under our wheels traveled roads in Novoukrayinka, Vyshgorod, Bila Tserkva, on the nose exit Kanev, and chief...
The second phase of the project 'Flip the World' has already begun. Our work continious with world bicycle trip in 2009-2010 years.
The project will demonstrate a real opportunity to use modern technology wich is not pollute the environment. 'Green Word Trip' initiates a number of projects aimed at caring the environment.
After we have left ice continent it was difficult for all members of the expedition to acclimatizate. Our souls were brighten up and then shindy of megapolises brought them into the dirt again. Many streets in Kiev cry under the blankets of rabbish. The only way for us is to show humanity an example of another opportunity in life - 'Green Trip'.
