G_E_K_O Expedition
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This is a little movie showing our 2015 ARCTIC TOUR from Switzerland/France to Murmansk in Russia. The goal of this expedition was to explore the Kola Peninsula, north-west of Russia, mostly over the arctic circle. In fact, we crossed the Peninsula, from South to North, from the shores of the White Sea to the coast of the Barents Sea, mostly off-road.
We left home (Switzerland for me) early saturday morning and quickly drove up across Germany. We met the participants at 9.00pm and took the ferry to Helsinki, where we arrived monday at 9 am. We then crossed Finland to enter Russia the following morning at 10am ( well… We were at the border at 10am, but we only "entered" Russia 5 hours later !), at the arctic circle level. Then the real trip began. And this is what the movie relates. This trip took place the first 3 weeks of september. We drove 6500kms / 4000 miles, spent 15 nights in the wild, 4 nights in hôtels/auberges, 3 nights and 3 days on the ferries.
We broke 2 winches (1 motor and 1 solenoid) out of 5, 1 AC radiator (the Hilux one, which was pierced by a branch). All in all, a great experience. I can't wait for the Arctic Tour 2016 (next edition: 3 - 24 september 2016)
Hope you enjoy.
Nico - Geko
SHORT 6 minutes version, mobiles and tablets compatible:
[video=vimeo;147651162]https://vimeo.com/147651162[/video]
LONG 20 minutes version, not compatible with mobiles and tablets:
This is a little movie showing our 2015 ARCTIC TOUR from Switzerland/France to Murmansk in Russia. The goal of this expedition was to explore the Kola Peninsula, north-west of Russia, mostly over the arctic circle. In fact, we crossed the Peninsula, from South to North, from the shores of the White Sea to the coast of the Barents Sea, mostly off-road.
We left home (Switzerland for me) early saturday morning and quickly drove up across Germany. We met the participants at 9.00pm and took the ferry to Helsinki, where we arrived monday at 9 am. We then crossed Finland to enter Russia the following morning at 10am ( well… We were at the border at 10am, but we only "entered" Russia 5 hours later !), at the arctic circle level. Then the real trip began. And this is what the movie relates. This trip took place the first 3 weeks of september. We drove 6500kms / 4000 miles, spent 15 nights in the wild, 4 nights in hôtels/auberges, 3 nights and 3 days on the ferries.
We broke 2 winches (1 motor and 1 solenoid) out of 5, 1 AC radiator (the Hilux one, which was pierced by a branch). All in all, a great experience. I can't wait for the Arctic Tour 2016 (next edition: 3 - 24 september 2016)
Hope you enjoy.
Nico - Geko
SHORT 6 minutes version, mobiles and tablets compatible:
[video=vimeo;147651162]https://vimeo.com/147651162[/video]
LONG 20 minutes version, not compatible with mobiles and tablets:
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