http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_to_Paris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London-Sydney_Marathon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_To_Peking_Motor_Challenge http://www.endurorally.com/ http://www.twerally.co.uk/ http://www.twmrally.co.uk/ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltumrundung http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/siberian-road-adventures.html http://www.4x4typ.ru/ http://www.transorientale.com/ http://www.zaniroli.com/ (TransAfricaine) http://www.thelongridersguild.com/central-asia.htm http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/sympo/Proceed97/Kotkin4.html (first descriptions of east-Russia) http://web.mac.com/msetty/iWeb/Publictransit.us/The%20Publictransit.us%20Blog/970CE271-15C6-42F8-B71D-47BE38D91D50.html (Great Siberian Post Road / Trans Siberian Railway) (starting in Perm, ending east of Stryetensk, further travel(heavy transport?) to the Pacific only possibly on the Amur river, for over a thousand miles (and only 6 months each year in summer, in winter only light mails by horse) http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9904E5D61E3AE533A25751C2A9609C94669ED7CF Tunnel between Siberia/Russian-Far-East & Alaska: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1099304.stm http://www.marathonrally.com Bering street crossing annex shipping out of Wladiwostock: http://forum.buschtaxi.org/viewtopic.php?t=8227&highlight=wladiwostok http://www.4x4xplore.com/ http://www.hero.org.uk/ 1774-1776 Book: 1) "Eine Reise durch Sibirien im achtzehnten Jahrhundert" / "Die Fahrt des Schweizer Doktors Jakob Fries" / "Veröffentlichungen des Osteuropa-Institutes München"; Walter Kirchner, 1955, München, Hans Koch / Isar(?), 126 pages. 2) "A Siberian Journey, the Journal of Hans Jakob Fries", Hans Jakob Fries (Swiss), translated into English by Prof. Walther Kirchner, London, Frank Cass Publishers, 1975 (1974?), First English Edition, 183 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 3 maps, originally published in Germany in 1955. ISBN: 0714629642 1829 Germany->Balticum-Russia-Siberia (Alexander von Humboldt, 12/5/1829 - 15/12/1829, 14.900km, 658 post stations, 12.244 horses(!)) Balticum, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ural, Tobolsk, Altai, Kirgisian-Steppe, Astrachan, Wolga-Germany, St. Petersburg. He had to wait 30(!) years before this journey became possible (initially he wanted to travel Kaukasus & China too). Unlike his Americanas journeys, this time he was subject to the Prussian King, who had close & good (blood) ties to the Tsar clan at that time, so he could never write freely in his travel report....therefore, unlike his Americanas reports, he choose to not to write any official report/book at that time, instead of being cursed by partial censorship....but his travel companion Gustav Rose did write some, and his later autobiography also added to the research work of Prof. Hanno Beck in modern times. Book: 1) "Alexander von Humboldts Reise durchs Baltikum nach Rußland und Sibrien 1829", 279 pages ISBN-10: 3522601904 ISBN-13: 978-3522602900 2) "Reise durchs Baltikum nach Russland und Siberien 1829", Alexander von Humboldt (letters/autobiography) & Gustav Rose (mineralogist, diary) / Prof. Hanno Beck (editor/publisher), Edition Ermann, 1st Edition 20/2/2009, 256 pages ISBN-10: 3865398073 ISBN-13: 978-3865398079 1859-1862 Shanghai->Moscow->Paris (Catherine Fanny MacLeaod (later Madame de Bourboulon) & Phillipe de Bourboulon, by horse http://www.horsetravelbooks.com/asia4.htm : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Even though she lived and rode in the adventure-soaked nineteenth century, there were few women who could match the amazing life and exploits of Catherine de Bourboulon. Born in Scotland in the 1820s, Catherine Fanny MacLeod was taken by her mother to live in the United States at an early age. Later the young traveler journeyed on to Mexico. There MacLeod discovered Phillipe de Bourboulon, a Frenchman who not only became the love of her life but harbored a spirit as wild as her own. Soon after they married the newlyweds left Mexico, arriving in China in 1849. They lived among the splendors and intrigues of the Chinese imperial court for ten years before deciding it was time to return to Europe. Then Catherine made an amazing suggestion. Rather than embarking on the first ship bound for France, she and Phillipe would instead ride 12,000 miles through some of the most desolate and dangerous portions of Asia! Book: "Shanghai à Moscou", Madame de Bourboulon, ISBN 1590480538 “Shang-Haï à Moscou” is thus the account of this amazing journey undertaken by the young lovers on horseback from 1859 to 1862. Written in French from diaries Fanny kept during the journey through Mongolia, Siberia and Russia, the book is compiled from a series of magazine articles published in Paris during the mid-nineteenth century. Alas, Catherine MacLeod de Bourboulon died soon after her return to Europe. She was only 38 years old. Much of her exciting story was later plagiarized by Jules Verne for his famed Cossack novel, “Michael Strogoff.” Illustrated with dozens of pen and ink sketches from Catherine’s historic trip, this is the first time the fantastic travel account has been offered for sale in the English speaking world. The rediscovered classic remains fascinating reading for students of the horse or history. Note - because these stories appeared in magazine form, the pages are not numerically sequential. http://www.thelongridersguild.com/central-asia.htm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Scottish noble-woman, Catherine de Bourboulon, married a French diplomat and set up house in Peking. When the time came for them to return to Europe, in 1859, Catherine suggested that they ride from Shanghai, China to Moscow, Russia. This remarkable journey was so noteworthy that famed French author, Jules Verne, later used it as the basis of his book, "Michael Strogonoff." Sadly, Catherine died soon after reaching Russia and her trip was largely forgotten, except for a rare French account which was published after her death in a Paris magazine. This account, entitled Shanghaï à Moscou; has been republished by The Guild as part of The Long Riders Literary Project. [note WJ: book only covers the route between Shanghai & Moscow, while she traveled further until reaching home, Paris/France] http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/blocteur/cat_.php 1863 Peking->St.Petersburg (Alexander Michie, businessman in Shanghai; 'In 1863 Michie returned temporarily to England by the unusual route of Siberia.' Books: 1) "The Siberian overland route from Peking to Petersburg, through the deserts and steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, etc.", Alexander Mitchie, 1964, Murray, London, First edition, 402 pages 2a) "The Siberian overland route from Peking to Petersburg, through the deserts and steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, etc.", Alexander Mitchie, January 31, 2001, Adamant Media Corporation, ISBN-10: 140217988X, ISBN-13: 978-1402179884 2b) (online version (facsimile copy) at Amazon!: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/140217988X/ref=sib_fs_top/102-4383228-1451358?ie=UTF8&p=S00M&checkSum=HCffe4os0MKOfnD6IYEI69s7FEfbLphmeT3W9nLxh90%3D#reader-link or http://xrl.us/ba7ww (short link to www.amazon.com) 1865-? Russian-Far-East -> Siberia -> Russia Book: 1a) "Tent Life in Siberia", George Kennan, 1b) Online eBook: http://www.fullbooks.com/Tent-Life-in-Siberia1.html ?<1876 Paris->Pekin (in winter, non-motorized, by sled) Books: 1) "De Paris a Pékin par terre [Sibérie Mongolie]", Victor Meignan, Paris, Plon, 1876, 394 pages, 2nd edition. 2) "From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows", Victor Meignan, English translation by William Conn, with supplementary notes, 1885 London, W. Swan Sonnenschein, 428 pages (second edition in 1889) ?<1889 Book: 1a) "Five Thousand Miles in a Sledge, A Mid-Winter Journey Across Siberia", Lionel Francis Gowing (born 1859), first edition, Chatto and Windus, 1889, 257 pages (second edition?: New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1890, 257 pages) 1b) (snip from article in NewYork Times archive: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9402E6D8133BE533A25753C1A96E9C94619ED7CF&oref=slogin 1891 Bulgaria->Yakutsk (Kate Marsden, by horse, a nurse in search for a special leper-curing herb in Yakutsk) http://www.horsetravelbooks.com/asia4.htm : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Kate was a nurse in Bulgaria during 1878, caring for the wounded of the war between Russia and Turkey. While there, she saw for herself the plight of lepers, and decided to make a 2000-mile journey to the leper colonies of Yakutsk in the depths of Siberia. She hoped to find a herb which was said to grow there and which was allegedly a cure for leprosy. Although originally she set out to improve the lot of the lepers of India, she ended up trying to help the Yakutsk lepers, and attempted to raise funds to build a hospital for them. Even though she had the support of Queen Victoria, the Empress of Russia and her Lady in Waiting, the Countess Tolstoy, not to mention a pastoral letter from Bishop Meletie of Yakutsk, nobody believed that anyone could make such a journey, least of all a woman! This immensely readable book is a mixture of adventure, extreme hardship and compassion as the author travels the Great Siberian Post Road. “More struggling and floundering through marshes and bogs, more pitch-dark forests, bear-alarms, and frightened horses, and then a terrific thunderstorm,” she writes casually. Kate Marsden became one of the first women to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1892. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Book: "Riding through Siberia / A Mounted Medical Mission in 1891", Kate Marsden 1893-1897 Stockholm->Kaschgar->Peking (Sven Hedin (February 19, 1865 - November 26, 1952)) Books: "Durch Asiens Wüsten / Drei Jahre auf neuen Wegen in Pamir, Lop-nor, Tibet und China", Sven Hedin, publisher Brockhaus, Leipzig 1899, first edition, 466 pages, 107 monochrome images, 2 multicolor tabels and 5 maps "Durch Asiens Wüsten / Drei Jahre auf neuen Wegen in Pamir, Lop-nor, Tibet und China", Sven Hedin, publisher Brockhaus, Leipzig 1910, second edition, 466 pages, 107 monochrome images, 2 multicolor tabels and 5 maps "Durch Asiens Wüsten / Drei Jahre auf neuen Wegen in Pamir, Lop-nor, Tibet und China", Sven Hedin, publisher Brockhaus, Leipzig 1911, third edition, 466 pages, 107 monochrome images, 2 multicolor tabels and 5 maps "Durch Asiens Wüsten / Reisen & Abenteuer 7"(?), Sven Hedin, publisher F.A. Brockhaus, Leibzig, 1920, 158(!) pages (apparently there were brief/condensed series, plus extensive, from the same publisher!). "Durch Asiens Wüsten (1) / Von Stockholm nach Kaschgar, 1893-1895", Sven Hedin, editor Detlef Brennecke, publisher Erdmann, January 2001, 319 Seiten, ISBN: 3865032494, EAN: 9783865032492, Libri: 9986855 "Durch Asiens Wüsten (2) / Von Kaschgar nach Peking, 1895-1897", Sven Hedin, editor Detlef Brennecke, publisher Erdmann, January 2001, 319 Seiten, ISBN: 3865032540, EAN: 9783865032546, Libri: 9961763 ?<1896 China->Russia Book: 1) "Across Siberia on the Great Post Road" (He went from China westwards) - London, 1896. 2) "Across Siberia on the great post-road", Charles Wenyon, New York, Arno Press, 1971, 240 pages, ISBN: 0405031386 (Reprint of the 1896 edition) 1907 Beijing->Paris ( http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Peking_to_Paris_1907.PNG ) http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/motorsports/1269066.html?page=1 Books: 1) La Meta del Mondo vista da un Automobile / Luigi Barzini / Milan / 1908 2) Le Raid Pekin-Paris / Georges Cormier / Paris / 1907 3) Da Pechino a Parigi / Edgardo Longoni / Milan / 1908 4) Pekin-Paris Automobile en 80 jours / Jean du Taillis / Parijs / 1907 (journalist for organizer/sponsor newspaper Le Martin & co-driver) 5) The Mad Motorists / Allen Andrews 1964 5) The Mad Motorists / J. B. Lippincott / Philadelphia and New York / 1965 5) The Mad Motorists / MBC edition / 1966 6) The Mad Motorists / Allen Andrews / Harrap / 1980 (reprint) 7) De Razende Race / Peking-Parijs 1907 / Dutch translation of The Mad Motorists by G.P. Berk / 1964 8) Das verrückteste Autorennen der Welt / German translation of The Mad Motorists, by Rolf Lohberg / Delius, Klasing & Co. / 1965 9) The Great Peking To Paris Expedition, by Warren Brown and Lang Kidby; Harper Collins Publishers / 2005 (re-enactment with all 4 of the 5 original vehicles, sponsored by ABC-Television/Australia) ISBN: 9780732282530; ISBN10: 0732282535; 10/10/2005; Pages: 352; $55.00; More bibliographic references: http://www.pekingparisraid.co.uk/Links/index.asp eBook: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17432 Creator: Barzini, Luigi, 1874-1947 Creator: Borghese, Scipione, 1871-1927 Title: Van Peking naar Parijs per auto / De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908 eBook release date: December 31, 2005 [EBook #17432] Direct link to the HTML-version, including pictures(!): http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17432/17432-h/17432-h.htm 1908 New-York->Paris ('The Great Race', 169 days, February(!) 12 (11:15h) till July 30, east-bound, Alaska->Siberia, planning first to cross the Bering-Street, then settling on shipping to Yokohama/Wladiwostock http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/greatrace.htm http://www.thegreatautorace.com http://becpldigital.cdm.oclc.org/site-templates/nyparis-bib.html (extensive bibliography) http://www.thegreatestautorace.com http://www.thegreatestautorace.com/story.html (rediscovery of vehicle #3, the Zust) http://www.atariarchives.org/bca/Chapter03_TheLongestAutomobileRace.php (re-enact the race yourself, as a computer-game....:)) http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=new+york+paris+1907&btnG=Search+Archives&scoring=t (New York -> Paris newspaper reports from 1907) http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=new+york+paris+1908&sa=N&lnav=m&scoring=t (New York -> Paris newspaper reports from 1908) http://www.uk-classic-cars.com/adverts/45_0.pdf (first signs of a 100-year anniversary rallye in 2008!) http://www.greatrace.com (organisation of this 2008 rallye) http://www.deutsches-museum.de/sammlungen/ausgewaehlte-objekte/meisterwerke-iv/protos-wagen/ (German text about the Protos vehicle & rallye) http://www.leftrightonline.com/newsarticlesearch_detail.cfm?ID=26 (article about the Thomas Flyer) http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/greatrace.htm (article about the Antonio Scarfoglio and the Zust) http://mn-guenther.de/content/view/175/281/ (list of vehicles/drivers; note Mr. Godard, who drove the Spyker in the 1907 rally Beijing-Paris(!!!!), plus Mr. Ponds, the driver of the failed 3-wheeler in the same race!) Books: "Im Auto um die Welt" ('Around the world by car'), Hans Koeppen, 1909, Verlag von Ullstein und Co., Berlin, 355 pages. "Abenteuerliche Weltfahrt / Deutschen Sieg im ersten Autorennen um die Welt", Hans Koeppen, edited by Josef Viera, 1935, Braunschweig, 268 pages. ('Adventurous World Crossing / German victory in world's first global car rally') "Il giro del mondo in automobile" ('Around the World by Automobile'), Scarfoglio, 1910 "The Longest Auto Race", George Schuster & Tom Mahoney, 1966(!) "Das längste Autorennen der Welt: New York - Seattle - Wladiwostok - Petersburg - Berlin - Paris - N.Y." 1960 (first edition), 1976 (second edition), 144 pages, 1 B&W drawing-map, hardcover, 14,5 cm L x 21 B. Publisher: W. Fischer Verlag, Göttingen. First edition 1960, second edition 1976. "Das längste Autorennen aller Zeiten. / New York, Moskau, Paris ( 1908) von George Schuster und Tom Mahoney", German translation, 1968, reprint 1997, 168 pages, Motorbuch Verlag. "Race of the Century: The Heroic True Story of the 1908 New York to Paris Auto Race", Julie Fenster, 2006 http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-0307339173-1 http://ebooks.palm.com/product/detail/19564?book=Race_of_the_Century:_The_Heroic_True_Story_of_the_1908_New_York_to_Paris_Auto_Race"> (same title, electronic document @eBooks.Palm.COM) Films: "The Great Race", Comedy version, 1965, with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, and Vivian Vance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Race http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/ "Hat der Motor eine Seele? / 1908 - Im Auto um die Welt" ('Does the engine have a soul? / 1908 - Around the world by car') Wolfgang Ettlich und Andreas Dirr First release: TV-channel Arte, 14.12.2008, 22:30h / 16.12.2008, 5:00h http://tdb.berlinale-talentcampus.de/campus/talent/andreas-dirr/profile?pos=131 http://www.andreas-dirr.de/Website/Willkommen.html http://www.andreas-dirr.de/Filme/Motor_Seele.html (stating both a 45' and 90' version exist?) http://www.ettlich-film.de 1910-1912 Detroit -> Australia/Japan/China/Egypt/India/India/Germany/France/UK/Ireland -> New York (3 men, 1 car, 41k miles by road, 28k miles by ship; all this to prove the reliability of the Hupmobile, arriving at the 1912 Auto Show in New York) Book: Three Men in a Hupp: Around the World by Automobile, by James A. Ward, 2003, Stanford University Press, 256 pages, ISBN-10: 0804734607 ISBN-13: 978-0804734608 Online/eBook(!): http://books.google.com/books?id=5gKmsSVKpiUC&dq=Three+Men+in+a+Hupp&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=d0vfTUdODN&sig=mjC4U9lOCJAoXe3Wji9ab1a-RCg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result 1915-1917 Siberia->China->India Book: "Von Siberien durch China nach Indien. Eine ungewöhnliche Reise in den Jahren 1915-1917", B. Waurick, Leipzig, 1973, 105 pages 1917-1920 Siberia->Ulanow/Poland (Moritz/Moshe Daniecki, 3 years, 7000km, by foot, fleeing from a Siberian POW-camp, desperately wanting to return to the love of his live, Lotte Steinberg, in his hometown. (he was drafted into the Austrian-Hungarian army, where he fought from 1914 till 1917 against the Russians, and was then captured, and sent to Siberia) (Moshe's grandson, Danny Scheinmann, wrote the below book about this ordeal, interwoven with a modern love tragedy: Books: "Random Acts of Heroic Love", Danny Scheinmann, Transworld Publishers Ltd, 432 pages, Paperback, first edition 01 Jan 2008 ISBN13: 9780552774222 ISBN10: 0552774227 "Zähl nicht die Stunden bis zur Ewigkeit", Danny Scheinmann, 460 pages, Hardcover, Pendo Verlag, first edition 22 April 2008 ISBN-10: 3866121571 ISBN-13: 978-3866121577 "Gemiste tijd", Danny Scheinmann, translation Paul van der Lecq, 398 pages, Nieuw Amsterdam ISBN: 90-468-0279-3 1922 Sahara crossing by Citroen 1923 Peking->Moscow (Sven Hedin, famous Swedish explorer (February 19, 1865 - November 26, 1952)); by Dodge automobile through Mongolia, November & December(!), (including Urga--the present-day Ulan Baatar) to Verkhne-Udinsk on the Trans-Siberian RR, and then by train to Moscow (and eventually through St. Petersburg and back home to Sweden). http://www.silk-road.com/bibliography/hedinb3.html Books: 1) "Från Peking till Moskva", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1924 2) "Von Peking nach Moskau", German translation, publisher Brockhaus, Leipzig 1927-1928 Gobi desert crossing (Sven Hedin, famous Swedish explorer (February 19, 1865 - November 26, 1952)) (part of a larger ongoing series of smaller expeditions in Mongolia/Tarim-Basin, 1927-1935. Partly Sponsored by Lufthansa, for the purpose of marketing a new air route Berlin-Peking, other inspiration was to re-open the Silk Road, by determining the best routes for motor traffic. Explored by motor vehicle the routes through the mountains west from Dunhuang, showing that one branch of the historic Silk Road undoubtedly had run in that direction and to Lop Nor in its northern location until the rivers shifted course. Books: (based on info from http://www.silk-road.com/bibliography/hedinb3.html) (according to http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Hedin, all German book-versions were translated from Swedish, by Brockhaus/Leipzig (no translator known?)) 1) "Åter till Asien. Min expedition 1927-1928 med svenskar, tyskar och kineser genom öknen Gobi", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1928 2) "Auf grosser Fahrt: meine Expedition mit Schweden, Deutschen und Chinesen durch die Wüste Gobi 1927-1928", Leipzig, Brockhaus, first edition 1929, 6th edition 1930 3) "Across the Gobi Desert", London, Routledge, 1931; New York, E. P. Dutton, 1933 (translated by H. J. Cant from German edition) 4) "Gobiöknens gåtor", Stockholm: Bonniers, 1930; 2nd ed., 1931 5) "Rätsel der Gobi: die Fortsetzung der grossen Fahrt durch Innerasien in den Jahren 1928-1930", Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1931) 6) "Riddles of the Gobi Desert", New York, E. P. Dutton, 1933 (translated by Elizabeth Sprigge & Claude Napier from Swedish edition, with added chapter "The Discovery of New Lop Nor," by Nils G. Hörner, pages 341-376) 7) "Jehol, kejsarstaden. Skildringar från de stora mandschukejsarnas hov", Stockholm: Hökerbergs, 1931 8) "Jehol, die Kaiserstadt", Leipzig, Brockhaus, 7th edition, 1942 9) "Jehol, City of Emperors. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1933 (translated by E. G. Nash from Swedish) (a copy of the main Buddhist temple in Jehol (Chengde) was built as an exhibition for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago; Hedin was involved in the project) 10) "Sidenvägen. En bilfärd genom Centralasien", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1936 11) "Die Seidenstrasse", Leipzig, Brockhaus, 10th edition 1942 12) "The Silk Road", New York, E. P. Dutton, 1938. (translated from Swedish) (Covers events from departing Beijing, October 1933, through return to Xian in February 1935; only the Swedish title hints to the automotive explorative context ('bil' = car)) 13) "Den vandrande sjön", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1937 14) "Der wandernde See", Leipzig, Brockhaus, 10th edition, 1942 15) "The Wandering Lake", New York, E. P. Dutton, 1940 (translated. by F. H. Lyon from Swedish) 16) Chinese translation, title unknown, pub. in Taipei, 1955. 17) "Mot Lop-Nor. En flodfärd på Tarim", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1954 One of the more interesting volumes in this series on the 1927-35 expedition: observations on the changing ecology with the movement of the rivers and the lake and a discussion of what previous geographers and mappers had written. Hedin rather repitiously proclaims his solving of the riddle of Lop Nor as one of his most important achievements. The shift in the river flow which led to the re-establishment of the lake in its former (northern) location occurred in 1921. 18) "Stora hästens flykt", Stockholm, Bonniers, 1935 19) "Die Flucht des Grossen Pferdes", Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1935; 6th edition 1939 20) "The Flight of 'Big Horse', The Trail of War in Central Asia", New York, E.P. Dutton, 1936 (translated by F. H. Lyon from Swedish) Hedin was caught up in the Dungan rebellion led by Ma Chung-ying, the "Big Horse" of the title. Those events also figure in the well-known account by Peter Fleming, News from Tartary. 21) "History of the Expedition in Asia 1927-1935", 4 v. Stockholm, 1943; parts 1-3 written in collaboration with Folke Bergman: I. 1927-1928 II. 1928-1933 III. 1933-1935 IV. General Reports of Travels and Fieldwork, by Folke Bergman, Gerhard Bexell, Birger Bohlin, Gösta Montell ("Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-Western Provinces of China under the Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin / The Sino-Swedish Expedition", Publications 23-26) This is the descriptive summary of the expedition, part of a projected 55 volumes of scientific reports authored by the various specialists on the expedition and published in various subseries. 22) "Central Asia Atlas", 5 v. Stockholm, Statens etnografiska museum, 1966-1982. (Reports..., Publications 47, 48, 49, 50, 54). 23) "Mit Sven Hedin durch Asiens Wüsten", diary from the filmoperator during the tour, Paul Lieberenz, edited by Dr. Arthur Berger, publisher Berlin Wegweiser Verlag, 1932, 383 pages; 16 tabels in copper-print, half-leather band with gold-imprint (Paul Lieberenz was also the cameraman of the later movie 'Triumpf des Willens' from Leni Riefenstahl!) Films: "Mit Sven Hedin durch Asiens Wüsten", 1929 (note that it predates the book above) (German origin/title, but no sound, film-version of the diary of Paul Lieberenz (see above)) Apparently Lufthansa sponsored both expedition & this film, in the context of a flight-route Berlin-Peking....:)) http://www.taz.de/index.php?id=archivseite&dig=2006/07/06/a0256 Biography: http://www.oikrach.com/buch3.php (German) 1924 Algiers->Madagaskar (Croisiere Noire, expedition with Citroen halftracks through Africa, 28/10/1924 - 26/6/1925)) 1927-1929 Germany->Asia->North-America->South-America->North-America (Clärenore Stinnes and Carl Axle Söderström, 25/05/1927 - 24/06/1929, 25 months, 46298km, 23 countries, first-ever global automotive expedition, first-ever by female driver, Germany->Balkan->Moscow->Siberia->Mongolia->Beijng->Japan->Hawaii->North-America->Buenos-Aires->Vancouver->New-York->Le-Havre->Berlin in regular/stock Adler Standard 6 limousine, plus support-truck and 2 mechanics, sponsored by industry, 100.000 Reichsmark total; - Stinnes: age 26-28, born 1901 (Mülheim-am-Ruhr/Germany), died 1990 (Sweden), daughter of industrial Hugo Stinnes (died 1924), claimed to be worlds richest man at that time (first-ever large-scale vertical company structure (coalmines + steel production)) - Söderström: age 34-36, born 24/12/1893, Korsnäs, Kopparbergs-län, Sweden; died 1976 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A4renore_Stinnes Note that like Sven Hedin (1923 expedition, see further above), they crossed the Gobi desert in winter (February), experiencing temperatures there of down to -30C (earlier, near Lake-Baikal, -53C, on a *hunting* trip by horse, no less!), while facing (and being chased by!) loothing Manchurian gangs and deserted soldiers, with several other foreign travelers, before and after them, being robbed and killed....one can only wonder how many travel-reports in history never made it to the outside world....for every book written, 2 or 3 others never made it to print or even paper.... Books (keep in mind that Clärenore spoke fluently German, English, Swedish and Spanish!): 1) "Im Auto durch zwei Welten.", Clärenore Stinnes & Carl-Axel Söderström, 1929, Verlag von Reimar Hobbing, Berlin, 265 pages, ISBN 3-85371-105-7, Film-release in 1931) 2) "5000 Mil I Bil. Tvä är ratten pä färd jorden runt" (Två år vid ratten på färd jorden runt?), Clärenore Stinnes, 1929, Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm, cloth, 288 pages. (fotografier av Carl-Axel Söderström. Översätting frän tyskan. Med 95 bilder och 2 kartor.) (same book, translated from German into Swedish) http://runeberg.org/biblblad/1930/0261.html 3) "En auto a través de los continentes ", Clara(!) Stinnes & Carl-Axle Söderström, 1930, 262 pages 4) "Die erste Autofahrt einer Frau um die Welt / 1927-1929 / Söderströms Photo-Tagebuch", Michael Kuball and Clärenore Stinnes-Söderström, Krüger, Frankfurt/Main, 1981, 247 pages, ISBN 3810517089 (Carl-Axle died in 1976, after which Clärenore discovered 4 of his (postal) diaries in the legacy of his parents, and decided to publish another book) 5) "En auto a través de los continentes", Clara(!) Stinnes & Carl-Axle Söderström, 1994 (reprint from Spanish edition in 1930), paperback, 295 pages, Rustica, ISBN 8426128084 6) "Im Auto durch zwei Welten", 1996 & 2007, Reprint of German first edition (1929), SBN-10: 3853711057, ISBN-13: 9783853711057 7) "Pferdestärken / Die Lebensliebe der Clärenore Stinnes" (history/novel/biography), Michael Winter, 2001, ISBN 3499235366 (note WJM: this is one of the most fascinating books I have ever read, but it should only be read *after* one of the previous titles!) (it is also recommended to first read 'Abenteuerliche Weltrundfahrt' from Hans Koeppen, since he too plays a role in this book!) Film/video: Moviefilm 1931: "Im Auto durch zwei Welten." (35mm/1705m/sound, archived in Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv Berlin, 35mm/sound/1639m) http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/amia-l/2007/01/msg00328.html Short YouTube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbq-kcZ-rKk TV-film/docu +/- 1979: "Die Frau, die um die Welt fuhr" (Michael Kuball (Hamburg/Germany), according to the cover-text in Söderströms Photo-Tagebuch) TV-film/docu 1986: http://www.filmevona-z.de/filmsuche.cfm?wert=3576&sucheNach=titel&CT=1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Production: Melophon Length: (TV) 70 minutes First broadcast: 24.3.1986 ARD Music: Wolfgang Zeller, Producer: Michael Kuball, Clärenore Söderström, TV-docu: German channel ZDF, 04.11.2001 ?-22.35 Videocopy of TV-film, given to Bernd Tesch in 1993 by Werner Cooper/Werner K. Kupper) (employee of Tri-Star movie company, having known Clärenore Stinnes personally) (current whereabouts of this videocopy unknown, sadly) New Movie & TV-film, announced 13/02/2008, planned broadcast for movie-theatres: spring-2009; for TV: fall-2008 (2 parts) http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1202761009596.shtml http://www.fraeulein-stinnes.de/hintergrundinfos/statements-zum-film http://www.fraeulein-stinnes.de/inhalt (excerpt from 1931!) http://michisoldtimer.blog.de/2008/07/17/ein-film-ueber-claerenore-stinnes-soeder-4461817?trackbacks=1 http://www.michaelstinnes.de/ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Clärenore Stinnes 28.10.2008 von michael. Foto: www.fraeulein-stinnes.de Der Dokumentarspielfilm "Fräulein Stinnes fährt um die Welt" erzählt die Geschichte von Clärenore Stinnes, die Schwester meines Vaters Otto Stinnes, welche 1927 als erste Frau die Erde mit einem Auto umrundete. Ich bin meiner Tante zu letzt begegnet, als sie im Abaton Kino in Hamburg vor Weihnachten 1983 ihren selbstgedrehten Film und das dazu herausgegebene "Söderströms Photo - Tagebuch" vorgestellt hatte. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMonxvhg4LA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lzg_4Fy_cI http://www.fraeulein-stinnes.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/fe16_stinnes.pdf 1931 Beirut->SinKiang<-Beijing (Croisiere Jaune, dual/split expedition with Citroen halftracks from Beirut and Beijing to Sin Kiang, central route, through the Himalaya, 6+14/4/1931 - 12/2/1932) 1931 London->CapeTown (Riley(?) & Captain Malin, by Riley car(s?), using side-pontons to cross rivers http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/Q_R.html http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/R/riley.jpeg http://www.jamd.com/image/g/3134574?partner=Google&epmid=1 1933 Moscow->Kara-Kum-Desert->Moscow (factory demo-expedition, 17 trucks and 6 cars, first time by car/truck through Karakum-desert) Book: "Im Auto durch die Wüste. Moskau - Kara-Kum - Moskau.", R. Karmen, 1957, Der Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 204 pages) <1933 Book: "A voyage to the North Pacific and a journey through Siberia more than half a century ago", John D'Wolf, Bristol, R.I., Rulon-Miller Books, 1983, ISBN: 0961252006 [the companion piece and commentary are by Harold M. Turner; the illustrations are by Anne Hughes] Colophon: "Two hundred and twenty-five copies of this edition have been printed on Mohawk superfine softwhite paper" 1934 Chicago->Alaska (Croisiere Blanche) 1935-1936 Austria->India->China->Birma->Thailand->Laos->Vietnam->China->USA->Europe Max Reisch (Austria, - 01/1985) and Helmuth Hahmann (Austria, ca. 1915 - 07/1987), 're-enactment' of Sven Hedin's tour, with Steyr Puch, 40.000 km; car is located in the Zeughaus-Museum/Innsbruck. Book: „Im Auto um die Erde", Max Reisch, 1936, Anniversary Edition 1935-1985, 10 maps/scetches, 4 letters, 207 BW pictures, Verlag Wilhelm Ennsthaler, Steyr/Österreich, ISBN 3-85068-1769. 1941-1942 Norway->India->Canada (Wilfred Skrede, by horse) Wilfred Skrede was nineteen in 1941 when the Nazis occupied his homeland of Norway. Determined to reach a training camp of the free Norwegian Air Force located in Toronto, Canada, the daring young man set off across Russia, Siberia, China, Turkestan and India before finally reaching his destination in far away North America, more than one year later. After the war Skrede wrote about this amazing journey describing in “Across the Roof of the World “ how he made his way along the tracks of Genghis Khan’s hordes, followed the silk caravans from China, crossed the high mountains of Central Asia, and miraculously made his way to freedom. Yet the liberty he sought demanded a high price. Being a Norwegian refugee, he was frequently arrested by various police forces who threatened him with deportation back to his Nazi-occupied homeland, and in communist controlled Sinkiang the young adventurer had his back cracked by a wild truck driver. His most perilous challenge however came when he was forced to ride horseback over the infamous 16,000 foot high Mintaka Pass, a hideous bit of trail known for killing horses and riders alike. The resultant story, told with fortitude, humor and resilience, is thus populated by a host of colorful characters, including famed English mountaineer Eric Shipton, and Tenzing, the Sherpa who went on to conquer Mount Everest. Amply illustrated, “Across the Roof of the World” is an epic equestrian travel tale laced with unforgettable excitement. Book: "Across the Roof of the World", Wilfred Skrede, ISBN 1590480406 1947-1950 Prague->Africa->South-America (Jiri Hanzelka und Miroslav Zikmund, 3.5 years, in a Tatra car "Afrika - Traum und Wirklichkeit", Miroslav Zikmund / Jiri Hanzelka, 3rd Volume, 1954 (first edition), Verlag Volk und Welt - Berlin, 292 pages "Südamerika - Zwischen Parana und Rio de la Plata' "Südamerika - Über die Kordilleren' 1949-1952 Cape Desjnow/Kap Deschnjow -> Täbris/Iran (German prisoner of war[*], fleeing from the Gulag in the far far north-east, by foot, to Iran; 3 years, 3 Siberian winters, 14.000km; http://www.soweitdiefuessetragen.de/, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_weit_die_F%C3%BC%C3%9Fe_tragen Book: So weit mir die Fuesse tragen, Josef Martin Bauer, 1955 So weit die Füsse tragen / As far as my Feet will carry me, translation by Lawrence Patrick Roy Wilson, 1957, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1975, 2003, 2008 Film: So weit mir die Fuesse tragen (1959) So weit mir die Fuesse tragen (2001) [*] official name in book/film was Clemens Forell, real name was Cornelius Horst, 1922-1983 (the book-author signed a contract not to reveal his real name, as Cornelius feared the KGB until the day he died....) (this fact was discovered only in 2002(!), after new research....) 1950 Halifax->? (Ben & Elinore Carlin; around the world in an amphibious vehicle, 'Half-Safe', after many failed attempts & near-catastrophes) http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/H/halfsafespecial/halfsafe.html 1951 Amsterdam->Akkra (promotion tour by truck, organized by Van Houten Cacao, Dutch chocolate manufacturer, to show the roots of the cacao beans, in Ghana) Film: 1956 Geneva->Bombay(+ ->South-Africa->East-Africa-Geneva; organized by international Touring-Club, 12 vehicles, "Meine schönste Autoreise. / Mit dem Auto dürch 12 Länder nach Indien", Dr. Fritz Schindler, 1958, Hermes Druck- und Verlagsanstant - Vienna, 248 pages with 46 pictures from Fridl Schindler and drawings from G. Bardasch ) 1956–1957 Germany->Middle-East->Indonesia->Australia->North-America (Wolfram Block, salesman, Bremen/Germany, in factory sponsored 19HP Lloyd 600) Books: 1) "Weltreise mit 19 PS - Ein Kleinwagen rollt um den Erdball", 1958, illustrations by Otto Bussek 96 pages, Neuer Jugendschriften-Vlg. Hannover 2) "Weltreise mit 19 PS – Im Lloyd auf großer Fahrt", 2006(!), EDITION GARAGE 2CV, ISBN: 3980908232, 159 pages 1957 Cape->Cape (claimed to be a first ever, by Richard Pape, age 39, in a British Austin; book: "Cape Cold to Cape Hot", Richard Pape, 1957, The Popular Book Club - London, 280 pages with 25 pictures) 1957 Attempt by Luigi Barzine to reenact the 1907 Beijing->Paris, as 50-years anniversary, failed (probably due to political reasons, in both Russia and China) 1963 Alaska->Tierra del Fuego (German expedition in a Mercedes Benz 180 diesel, inspired by a previous film about a newly completed road from north to south America, resulting in the book "Rollbahn Amerika. Mit dem Auto von Alaska nach Feuerland", Ernst Wiese, 1963, Verlag Herta Leigsnering - Wien, 230 pages with 24 pictures) 1963? Murmansk->Elbrus (in Wartburg stationwagon, book "Von Murmansk zum Elbrus. Eine Reise in die Sowjetunion.", Erwin Bekier, 2nd edition 1963, Verlag Neues Leben - Berlin, 224 pages and 54 pictures/illustrations from Wladimir Bogatin, Lexikon from Herbert Heinze) 1966/1967 Austria->Asia / Australia / (South?)Africa (Dr. August Jentsch, travel-book author, 35000km at 32km/h(!) in a Steyr Bulldog tractor(!), 3 books, 1. Quer durch Asien, 2. Rund um Australien, 3. Umweg über Südafrika ) 1968 London->Sydney (http://marathon68.homestead.com/) 1968-1972 Germany-> 5 continents -> Germany (Dieter Krause, 120.211km Buch: "Mit dem Auto einmal um die ganze Welt", Text & Photo's: Krauss, Dieter, Publisher: Bernhard A Greiner, ISBN: 978-3-935383-99-8, 198 pages, 2nd edition 07.02.2007 <1970 Book: "Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey Through Russia and Siberian Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kantchatka", John D. Cochrane, Ayer Co Pub - 1970-06, ISBN-10: 0405030169, ISBN-13: 9780405030161 1977 London->Sydney ('Singapore Airlines London to Sydney Marathon') 1980 Through China by motorcycle / Jim Rogers (see also 1990-1992 & 1999-2002) 1982 Being->Paris (report in German OffRoad magazine 1982) 1987 Paris->Peking (roman/fiction(!), worlds 5 best drivers, including 1 woman, challenged by a reward of 1.000.000 dollars, 25k km) Book: Paris-Peking, Gordon Travis, Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach, 1987, 288 pages, ISBN: 3404109988 1989 Great Silk Route Expedition (Central-Asia & Kasachstan, organized by Travellers Club & Unesco) 1989 Peking->Paris (Itala Raid Paris Peking, apparently with the same Itala as in 1907) (or 1987?) http://www.overland.org/index.php?sezione=Overland&numOv=11 1990 London->Beijing (southern route, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_To_Peking_Motor_Challenge) 1990 Camel Trophy Siberia 1990-1992 Jim Rogers, 160.000km, Books: "Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers", 1995, ISBN 1-55850-529-6 (see also 1980 & 1999-2002 1992 London->Moscow->Beijing (Kamaz & Nissan Patrol participating) 1992 Paris->Beijing ((same as above?) 16.000km, René Metge, start 1 september, 93 cars, 20 vans, 15 motorbikes; Pierre Lartigue, parterned with Michael Perrin, for Citroen, and Stephane Peterhansel for Yamaha) http://www.transorientale.com/includes/i18n/en/images/presskit.pdf 1993 London->Sydney (http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/lon_syd.shtml) 1993 Siberia->Alaska (Beringstreet crossing, Gordon Thomas, Canadian adventurer and Dr. Dmitry Shparo, Russian Arctic explorer, attempt by snowmobile, did not succeed beyond the Diomedes Islands (airlifted to Alaska) http://www.maxadventure.co.uk/exped_lrge1.htm 1993 London->Newyork (through Siberia & Alaska, attempted Beringstreet crossing, Richard Creasey, 27th December 1993 Ford Maverick and Mondeos, supported by Russian Ural 6x6 trucks and prototype tracked vehicle 'Arktos' for the Beringstreet crossing, articulated/twin track, as used in Alaskan oil-industry, 10-tons (serious damage within 7 hours of being waterborn (one of the 2-ton tracks fell off), taking a whole day to refit 2 hull punctions, first by rock, second by ice, forcing them to abandon the vehicle, airlifted out by helicopter http://www.maxadventure.co.uk/exped_lrge1.htm 1994 Germany->China (offroad expedition by OffRoad Magazin, mostly 4x4, one Unimog) 1994 Amsterdam->Beijing->Amsterdam overland tour (central/southern route first, northern route back, 6 months total; 3x Land Rover ex-NL-army, 1x Chevrolet ex-ambulance, all family, 2 very young kids) (at the western border claimed to be in competition with a German vehicle, 'first-ever border crossing') http://www.tribeonline.eu/ & http://www.tribeonline.eu/html/ON05.html (old/defunct?) Book: "Onder Nomaden / Holland - China over land / Tribe Track Unlimited", Elmar, 1995, 256blz, ISBN 9038902344 1994 Zürich->Newyork (through Siberia, first-ever Beringstreet-crossing by car/ship; Romuald Koperski (organisator of multiple TransSyberia rally's) http://www.osterlitz.de/ural/dokumente/Transsibiria_2006_Dokumente_gesamt.pdf (bottom references) 1995 Paris->Moscow->Ulan-Bator->Beijing (MasterRally, MasterGroup, taken over from 1992/René Metge, 55 vehicles) http://www.transorientale.com/includes/i18n/en/images/presskit.pdf 1995-1996 Rome->NewYork (through Siberia and crossing the Bering-Street to Alaska, possibly an re-enactment with the Italian car that participated in 1906 or 1908? (have seen pictures of these orange container-style support trucks somewhere before!) http://youtube.com/watch?v=LxoRpEsjM_o&feature=related http://www.overland.org/index.php?sezione=Overland&numOv=1 Or was that Milan->Newyork, sponsored by Fiat? http://www.maxadventure.co.uk/exped_lrge1.htm 1995-1996 Mondo Enduro (7 motor bikes, spring 1995, 44k miles, 400/405 days) Books: Mondo Enduro: The Ultimate Adventure on Two Wheels - 44,000 Miles in 400 Days (Paperback), by Austin E. Vince (Author), Louis R. Bloom (Author), Mark Friend (Author), Clive R. Greenhough (Author), Bill Plenty (Author), Charles Penty (Author), Nicholas A. Stubley (Author) 500 pages, Rockbuy Limited, 2006, ISBN-10: 1904466281, ISBN-13: 978-1904466284 Mondo Enduro: Around the World Adventure on Two Wheels 40 Countries in 405 Days (Hardcover), by Louis R. Bloom (Contributor), Mark Friend (Contributor), Austin Vince (Editor) 500 pages, Whitehorse Press, 2008, ISBN-10: 1884313647, ISBN-13: 978-1884313646 Film: Mondo Enduro, 1x DVD, Austin Vince, Aimimage Productions, 2003, PAL/Region2, 145 minutes, ASIN B000KNC0ZU 1997 Beijing->Paris (Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, UK-organisation, southern route, Tibet->Nepal (first-ever), Iran (book 'Peking Eend')) http://www.buickclub.org/BMD_PR/route.jpg & http://www.buickclub.org/BMD_PR/bmdpress.htm & http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/motorsports/1269066.html?page=2 http://citcity.citroen1.info/2CV/peking-paris.htm Dutch/English book Peking-Eend http://www.citroenz.biz/book-2cv.htm ) Films: The Mad Motorists / The Peking to Paris rallye, Part 1, Starring Prince Idris Shah & John Surtees, 2005, Quantum Leap, 235min http://odeondirect.co.uk/visitor/product/12177-Mad-Motorists-The-Peking-To-Paris-Part-1.html The Mad Motorists / The Peking to Paris rallye, Part 2, Starring Prince Idris Shah & John Surtees, 2005, Quantum Leap, 235min http://odeondirect.co.uk/visitor/product/12178-Mad-Motorists-The-Peking-To-Paris-Part-2.html Books: Border Crossing: On the Road from Peking to Paris / Rosie Thomas, one of the 110 teams, Virgino Press / 1998 * Paperback: 448 pages * Publisher: Firebird Distributing (September 2, 1999) * ISBN-10: 0751529532 * ISBN-13: 978-0751529531 * Paperback: 312 pages * Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (December 1, 2001) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 1860498116 * ISBN-13: 978-1860498114 1997 Paris->Beijing (BRD, club-concept, original northern route, military Horch 4x4 from Heinrich Jahn participating) 1997 Paris->Beijing (CH, original northern route, http://www.classiccarevent.com/photoalbum/Paris_To_Peking_1997/index.html ) 1997 Panama->Alaska 1997 Moscow-Magadan-Moscow (winter trip, single vehicle/van, Russian low-budget/low-profile, lovely story at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/3735/chal1.html ) (no passable route between Magadan and Jakutsk in summer?) 1999 Wladiwostock->Istanbul (Mark & Michelle, husband & wife, april-november, 33.000km, Toyota Hilux 4wd crewcab) http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.markandmichelle.com/ (not all versions have all pages completely, and some mainpages are hard to read because of a lacking background picture (use your mouse & 'select text' to have the text stand out much better) http://web.archive.org/web/20021205094111/markandmichelle.com/russia.htm (and don't forget to read the trip through their dog's eyes, GoGo....;)) http://web.archive.org/web/20030722110850/markandmichelle.com/gogo.htm 1999-2001 (by bicycle, southern route to India, bypass/flight up to Mongolia, down to Singapore, bypass/flight to Brasil, return to Europe, http://www.paris-pekin.org/) 1999-2002 NewYork->Iceland->Europa->Southern-Asia->Japan->Siberia->Europe (245.000 kilometers, 116 countries, yellow Mercedes SLK-cabrio on a Gelaendewagen-core, with yellow trailer) http://www.jimrogers.com http://jimrogers-investments.blogspot.com/ (Jim founded the Quantum Fund together with George Soros) Books: "Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip", 2003, ISBN 0375509127 (see also 1980 & 1990-1992 2000 London->Beijing (Italy/Greece/Istanbul/southern Asia/Gobi/China) 2000 London->Sydney 2000 Rome->NewYork, westbound (Italian World Truck Expedition, organized by female Italian Stefania Zini ('Russian Kitchen Queen'), at age 34, 3x Zil Truck, 6 people, start from Moscow in february 2000, to Chukotka and Uelen, then later trucks shipped to Seattle, crossing USA to New York, shipping back to Europe and overland to Moscow, http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/102/ 2001 Beijing->Paris (CH, central route, Kirgizistan, http://www.ClassicCarEvents.com/photoalbum/Peking_to_Paris_2001/index.html ) 2001 Alaska->Siberia (first attempt to cross the Beringstreet with a land vehicle(!); failed/postponed because of hydraulic problems with their Snowbird 5 snowcat; the crossing was a test for the larger expedition Newyork->London in 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1253733.stm 2001 Rio-Lima-Ushuaia-Rio (The Inca Trail, 6/10/2001-29/11/2001, 8 weeks, 56 days, oldtimers & 4x4's, 97 teams) http://www.4x4xplore.com/ http://www.hero.org.uk/inca UKP11,500 for the vehicle, plus UKP5,525 for each crew member, UKP22525 total for a team of 2 ( http://www.hero.org.uk/inca/ctcrregs.html ) 2002 Germany -> Ust-Kut (Thomas Junker, with motorbike KTM 950 ADVENTURE S, 7 weeks, summer trip) (no passable summer road beyond Ust-Kut(? see also 2006, reaching Yakutsk from the south instead of from the west), neither north of Jakutsk (reaching Polar Sea impossible) http://www.thomasjunker.de (see also 2005-2006 for their succesful attempt in winter, by car) 2002 Germany->China->Germany (Reinhart Mazur, HZJ75, april-august, 30.000km, southern route to China, southern route return, http://www.tlc-exped.net/R23Bericht.html 2002 Germany->China->Germany (Silkroad2002, Andreas Blaese und Ute Vogel, HZJ75, http://www.cruising-silkroad2002.de ) 2002 Newyork->London (attempt through Alaska & Siberia, 'Just a drop', crossing the Beringstreet with a land-vehicle(!) the scout tour of the crossing itself initially failed/postponed because of hydraulic problems with their Snowbird 5 snowcat in 2001, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1253733.stm ....so 2002 apparently became the new date for this scout tour: http://www.icechallenger.com/icechallenger/ 2003 Transsyberia / First International Car Race Atlantic-Pacific / World's longest car rally (organized by Romuald Koperski; 13500km, Jakutia/Sayan-Mountains/Burjatia/Chukotka(?)/Magadan(?), return to Gdansk/Danzig by ship 24(25?) teams starting, 18 arriving; 30 days, September 1-30, US$5000 per team (not a winter tour, but no 100% land-tour either: 4 days per riverbarge, limiting the rally to 15 teams)) http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/2277/ http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/3293/ http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/3775/ http://www.transsyberia.pl/ 2004 London->Sydney 2004 Bordeaux->Shanghai (central route, west-Mongolian border, http://www.bordeaux-shanghai.net) 2004 London->Mongolia (Mongol Rally, cars less than 1000cc, motorbikes less than 125cc, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Rally) 2004 TransSyberia / Danzig->Magadan->Danzig (organized by Romuald Koperski; 30000km, 43 days, 4 August - 16 September; 24 teams enlisted, 12 starting, south of Baikal to Magadan, north of Baikal on return trip http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2004/08/10/55388_.html ) 2004 The Long Way Round (by 2x motorbike & support/film-crew, Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman) http://www.longwayround.com Films: 7 TV-episodes, DVD (3x, NTSC/Subtitled in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese) DVD (3x, PAL/Subtitled in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch) Books: Long Way Round, Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman, Long Way Round, CD, 2006, Time Warner Audio, ISBN 9781405500708 Long Way Round - Op de motor de wereld rond, 2006, 271 pages, VIP, translation by Studio Imago/Robert Uhlig, ISBN: 9789022989333 Long Way Round - Der wilde Ritt um die Welt, 2006, 293 pages, Malik Verlag, ISBN 9783890297316 Long Way Round - Der wilde Ritt um die Welt, 2008, 371 pages, Piper Verlag GmbH, ISBN 9783492403443 2004 Germany->Russia->Mongolia->China->Germany (Reinhart Mazur, HZJ75, april-august, 33.000km, northern route to China, southern route return, http://www.tlc-exped.net/R25Ber.html ) 2004 Polar Ring Expedition (above polar circle, http://www.ec-arctic.ru/eng/expeditions/cross_country/pk.html (with interesting historical overview of previous arctic explorations) 2004 China->Holland (12 teams, with LR-Defender/Discovery (8 permanent teams, 4 changing/estafette), 35.000km[*], 180 days Shipped to China->Tibet->Nepal->India->shipped->UAE->Oman->Jemen->Saudi-Arabia->Jordan->Syria->Turkey-> ->Bulgaria->Romenia->Hungary->Czechia->Germany->Holland [*] according to a for-sale advertisement of one of the Land Rovers on Marktplaats in May 2009 http://www.roundtabletour.nl/ (Dutch & English) Books: 'China-Nederland in 180 dagen', http://www.roundtabletour.nl/p3.php?RubriekID=1480 2005 Beijing->Paris (revival/original vehicles of 1907, organized/sponsored by TV-company) http://www.pekingparis2005.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20060528031404/http://www.pekingparis2005.com/ http://www.abc.net.au/tv/pekingtoparis/ Book+Film: The Great Peking To Paris Expedition, by Warren Brown and Lang Kidby; Harper Collins Publishers / 2005 ISBN: 9780732282530; ISBN10: 0732282535; 10/10/2005; Pages: 352; $55.00; http://www.harpercollins.com.au/book/index.aspx?isbn=9780732282530 2005 London->Mongolia (Mongol Rally, cars less than 1000cc, motorbikes less than 125cc, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Rally) 2005 Sachalin-> St.Petersburg (summer tour, start in Juschno-Sachalinsk, Ibrahim Sharaf (UAE), brother Anwar Sharaf, Vitali Kurotschkin; 3x offroad cars, 24 days, 12595km) http://de.rian.ru/society/20070216/60869860.html ('Scharaf' is German spelling) http://www.the-emirates.com/docs/UAE_globetrotter_drives_from_Eastern_Russia_to_West/17557.htm (in 2007 he also did Magadan-Oimjakon-Jakutsk, in winter, 2 weeks (1500+1000km), claimed to be the first Arab ever....:)) (http://de.rian.ru/society/20070220/60988405.html) (http://www.sharafs.ae/news.php?id=16) (http://russlandonline.ru/rurei0010/morenews.php?iditem=338) [note WJ: a bit too small/short/regular for a main entry in this overview] 2005 Poland->Chukotka (5 motorbikes, http://www.x-treme.cz/html/05-cuk.htm) 2005 Wladiwostock->Magadan (Shintop Throphy 2005: By Kolyma Road of Bones; summer expedition) http://www.yakutiatoday.com/gallery/photo_kolyma_road_shintop.shtml http://www.shatoon.ru/shintop2005/ 2005 Moscow->Shanghai (scout tour for Rallye Hamburg-Shanghai 2006, 13 days (12 September - 24 September; possible world record?)) http://www.rallye-hamburg-shanghai.com/index.php?page=scouttour&lang=ger 2005 Alaska->Siberia (Beringstreet-crossing, by sled/canoe, Dixie Dansercoer en Troy Henkels) Book: "Op drift tussen Alaska en Siberie / Mijn Beringstraat - Odyssee", D. Dansercoer 208 pages, Terra - Lannoo , ISBN10: 9020964445, ISBN13: 9789020964448 2005 Paris->Peking (36x modern Mercedes E-class vehicles, start 21 October, 28 days, 5x estafette (changing team-members, 360 total, 35 nations), route of 1907, 13.600km) Book: Auto motor und sport - Rallye Paris-Peking, Yörn Pugmeister, 160 pages, Verlag Auto Motor Sport, ISBN 9783613027664 2005-2006 Germany->Oimjakon (19000km, Mercedes G500, 27/12/2005 - 06/03/2006, first-ever foreign vehicle reaching Oimjakon(?)) http://www.thomasjunker.de, film+book 'Jenseits der Wärme' ) (road between Ust-Kut and Lensk is impassable in summer, transport only per river-barge, road from Lensk to Jakutsk road is passable in summer) http://www.inrussland.net/index-jdw.html http://www.burning-out.de/news/news.shtml?-Jenseits-der-Waerme-der-neue-Film-von-Thomas-Junker-20060102123937 http://www.offroad-freunde.de/offroad2/showthread.php?t=562 2005 Lyon->Beijing (8 Renault trucks (6x Kerax & 2x Sherpa), following in Marco Polo's footsteps, ancient Silk Route; promotion tour for Renault in China, cooperation with Dong Feng Motors, plus 2005 being 'The year of France' in China http://english.people.com.cn/200506/10/eng20050610_189526.html) http://j46pays.renault-trucks.com/2005_108_0.html?lang=en&codeWebSite=corpo 2006 Bordeaux-Shanghai (central route?, http://www.bordeaux-shanghai.net) 2006 Hamburg->Shanghai (northern route, conform 1997 & 1907, http://www.rallye-hamburg-shanghai.com, 14.500 euro/team + hotels/flight) Book: "Hamburg Shanghai 2006" 2006 Berlin->Shanghai (northern route, attemp to cross North-Korea(!), stranded at Chinese border in Wladiwostock (no cars allowed to pass!), scout-tour with HZJ75 and HDJ100 in 2005) 2006 Amsterdam->Beijing (southern route, http://www.abr2006.com/, high media exposure, 40.000 euro/team) 2006 Paris->Peking (modern Mercedes Benz bluetec diesels, http://www.paris-peking.de/) 2006 Smolensk->Chukotka->Smolensk (25.040km, GAZ-66 diesel, 09/01/07 - 26/04/07, 106 days, arctic circle in Russian Far East, Cape Schmidt, first time ever with wheel-vehicle, 7500L diesel, coldest temperature -58C ) (http://www.sever66.ru/) (http://gelaendewagen.at/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=101027) (http://buschtaxi.org/forum/die-einzigartige-off-road-expedition-durch-russland-t12839.html) (http://www.denttabs.nl/66/start.htm) (http://web.archive.org/web/20070507013609/http://www.denttabs.nl/66/start.htm) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=8Mf3O5Znw5Q) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=PUg2cjY5s1s) 2006 London->Mongolia (Mongol Rally, cars less than 1000cc, motorbikes less than 125cc, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Rally) 2006 Berlin->Lake-Baikal (organized by Romuald Koperski; 13500km, 1 August - 18 August, including parts of Mongolia & Gobi-desert (first presence of Porsche Cayenne's) 1000 euro entry fee pro person, 1000 euro return flight pro person, 4000 euro return train for 2 vehicles) Berlin - Vilnius - Moscow - Siberia - Mongolia - Gobi Desert - Ulan Bator - Irkutsk to the Baikal http://www.nomad.gr/news/?p=1147 http://www.osterlitz.de/ural/dokumente/Transsibiria_2006_Dokumente_gesamt.pdf (6000 euro total?) 2006 Alaska->Russia (Goliath Expedition, Bering-street crossing by sled, Karl Bushby, http://goliath.mail2web.com/ ) 2006 Paris->Kamchatka->Paris (single French team, in a Toyota Land Cruiser BJ75, 6 months, 50.000km, eastwards southern route (Turkey/Iran), westwards northern route, around Lake Baikal, Magadan->Kamchatka->Wladiwostock by ferry) http://www.maxxis-bycopadex.com/images/actionmarcmellet.pdf http://buschtaxi.org/forum/paris-kamtchatka-2006-50000km-en-toyota-bj75-t17783.html 2006 Bochum->Magadan->Bochum (*summer* trip, MAN camper truck, joined by Magirus camper truck, 101 days (19/5 - 26/8), route south of Lake Baikal, northbound at Chita, via Yakutsk, turnaround at Magadan http://www.ziemann-gmbh.de/reisen/Reiseberichte/2006/FG_2006/fg_2006_0.html) (although they got stranded 120km east of Tomtor, in a waterbog that ended with a 1m vertical wall....8-)) 2006 Yekaterinenburg->Tomtor (true Pole of Cold (the inofficial recorded -71.2C); 5 vehicles, Newyear's winter trip, 22 days, 15.000km http://www.yakutiatoday.com/news/sports_0015.shtml http://www.4x4typ.ru/board/viewtopic.php?t=5213 2006 Tijuana->Panama (La Aventura Panamericana, 7/11/2006-7/12/2006, 11.000km, 31 days, 26 teams) http://www.4x4xplore.com/ http://www.4x4xplore.com/aa/index.html Entry fee UKP20500 pro team, 6500 for additional crew members http://www.4x4xplore.com/aa/pdf/Panamentryform.pdf http://www.4x4xplore.com/aa/pdf/PANAMREGSv3.pdf 2006-2007 Germany->China->Germany (Andreas Blaese und Ute Vogel, HZJ75, 55.862km, southern route to China, northern route return, http://www.cruising-silkroad.de/) 2007 Amsterdam -> Singapore (EurAsia Cabrio Challenge, start 2007-03-28, 33 days(!), http://www.cabriochallenge.nl) (northern route, Russia/Mongolia/China/Vietnam/Laos/Thailand/Malaysia, 6000 euro/team) Book: "Flarden van Verder" 2007 Riga->Wladiwostock->Antalya (German, camper-tour, northern route east-bound, central route west-bound) (avoiding Mongolia, border-crossing in Wladiwostock) (very difficult for cars, officially only possible for truck/bus/pedestrian!) (http://www.faszination-russland.de/2007/01/17/grosse-asienreise/) (http://www.faszination-russland.de/die-reisemobiltour-180-tage) 2007 Beijing->Paris (Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, from Endurance Rally Association, UK-organiation, May 27th - June 30th 2007) (north/central route, crossing west-border of Mongolia into Russia, http://www.pekingparis.com/ & http://www.pekingparis.nl) Book: "Peking to Paris 2007 / The ultimate driving adventure" , Phillip Young, November 2007, 224 pages, 450 mainly colour photos ISBN: 9781845841201 http://www.veloce.co.uk http://www.veloce.co.uk/shop/products/productDetail.php?prod_id=v4120&prod_group=Cars%20Vans%20&%20Trucks& £ 29.99 + Postage 2007 Beijing->Paris (Peking to Paris Raid, June-July 2007, http://www.pekingparisraid.co.uk/ (private tour?)) 2007 Beijing->Paris (Prins Borghese Memorial Rallye, 6/6-10/8, (66 days!), original northern route, Swiss organisation, http://www.classiccarevent.com/) (30.000-33.000-35.000CHF, cars 1967 or older) Book: "Hundert Jahre danach" 2007 Amsterdam->Beijing (Peking Challenge (derivate of Amsterdam-Dakar/Barrelrace), northern route, 33 days, 26/8 - 29/9, http://www.pekingchallenge.com/ & http://www.amsterdam-peking.com/ & http://www.eigenlijk.nu & http://www.2peking.com (photo + films!)) 2007 Dusseldorf/Hamburg->Shanghai (northern route, 9000 euro/team + 6000 hotels/excursions/flight, http://rallye-duesseldorf-shanghai.com) 2007 London->Mongolia (Mongol Rally, cars less than 1000cc, motorbikes less than 125cc, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Rally) 2007 Transsyberia (organized by Romuald Koperski; 7000km, Moscow->Ulan-Bator, with several factory prepared Porsche Cayenne 'TransSyberian Edition') 2007 Moscow-Wladiwostock / (Skoda) Scout Experience Tour, factory demo tour 2007 Berlin->Shanghai (natural-gas powered 'Ecofuel VW Caddy', through East-Europe and Turkey, first attempt over land through Israel and Egypt (failed), alternative air-transport to Delhi/India, Tibet, China) 2007 Beijing->Paris (alternative bike expedition, starting on 2 dates, 10 april and 10 june; http://www.beijingtoparis.com 2007? Bougy-Villars -> Wladiwostock -> Bougy-Villars (Swiss regular/commercial truck+trailer tour, 3 months, 20.500km total, northern route, start 01/03/2007, arrival Wladiwostock 09/04/2007, return around 01/06/2007, interesting route, dipping down into Mongolia, Irkutsk -> Ulan-Bator -> Chita, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kKJi48Stv0 2007 Peking->Paris ("Parigi Pechino 1907-2007", with the same Itala vehicle from 1907) http://www.overland.org/index.php?sezione=Overland&numOv=11 2008 London->Sydney 2008 Riga->Wladiwostock->Antalya (German, camper-tour, 180 days, northern route east-bound, central route west-bound, http://www.faszination-russland.de) 2008 Bant->Beijing (Volvo V44 club, 4400 pro person, 6/6 - 30/6, 28 days (was 25!), 88 teams (was 96) + 4 support vehicles, http://www.banttobeijing.nl http://www.thedrivetobeijing.com 2008 Bordeaux->Shanghai (central route, west-Mongolian border, http://www.bordeaux-shanghai.net) 2008 Jakutsk->Beringsea (Anadyr?; January, organized by Romuald Koperski, per Ural-truck, crossing 4 frozen rivers, claimed to be world's first, German offroad magazine writer Yörn Pugmeister (also present at TransSyberia 2007) was invited to join, according to an article from Yörn about the 2007 rallye in a German offroad magazin!)) I was wrong!: this is actually the complete re-enactment of 1908, Paris->Newyork, including the *only*(?) crossing of the Beringstreet thusfar (and a repeat of Romuald's 1994 expedition (see above)) Vehicle is a ex-military MAN 4x4, and a Volvo C303 http://www.thegreatrace2008.com.pl/ http://www.thegreatrace2008.com.pl/pl/realcja_z_ekspedycji.php http://www.baltic-press.com/new.php (bottom section; he actually drove from Paris to the far-most atlantic tip of Portugal, then to Moscow via Berlin) http://intermen.pl/new/content/view/352/59/ http://www.ekspedycja2008.pl/ http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/route-of-expedition-of-the-century-siberia/5757660/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=oPR-diuW-jc (what is written at MeFeedia about no vehicle before reaching the landward side of the Beringstreet is not correct, Cape Schmidt was reached in 2006, with a GAZ66) 2008 NewYork->Paris (westbound, 100-year anniversary of 1908, alternative fuels) http://www.thegreatautorace.com/centennial.htm http://www.greatrace2008.com 2008 NewYork->Paris (westbound, 100-year anniversary of 1908, http://www.greatrace.com/greatrace/intro/ ) 2008 NewYork->Paris (westbound, 100-year anniversary of 1908, split into 3 sections, USA, Asia, Europe; http://greatracegarage.com/wpmu/2008news/ ) 2008 Paris->NewYork (eastbound, 6 dual teams/12 vehicles, German organisation, no support, Bering-Street Crossing, 1650 euro, http://www.paris-newyork-challenge.net/ & http://www.teamroadrunners.de/pages/pnyc.html ) 2008 NewYork->Paris ("The Learning Journey / 100 years ago", an educational journey by one car, a Thomas Flyer replica, http://www.newyorktoparisrace2008.com/ ) 2008 Netherlands->Bhutan (5-6 weeks, 6000 euro, 300-400km/driving-day, Land Cruiser event, escorting the transport of 2 concert piano's(!), coinciding with/inspired by Dutch royal visit to Bhutan) (Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - India - Bhutan, retour either ship or by road via Darjeeling or Kalkota, possibly further to China via Kathmandu/Friendship Highway ) 2008 St.Petersburg->Beijing (Transoriental, Gilles Martineau & René Metge (Dakar), 17 days, 12-28 June, high-profile/high-competition, 10.000km, Russia/Kasachstan/China, http://www.transorientale.com/ (http://www.transoriental.com/(?)) 2008 Amsterdam->Beijing (Peking Challenge (derivate of Amsterdam-Dakar/Barrelrace), http://www.pekingchallenge.com) 2008 Newyork->Paris (USA-China-Mongolia-Siberia (northern route), 80 days, camper tour with included rental camper, for only 15k pro team, hotels included http://www.kuga-tours.de/camp-challenge_web.pdf (15k km & 31 driving days can't be correct) 2008 Moscow->UlaanBatar (Transsyberia Rallye, 7000km, 2 weeks, 11-25/6, http://www.transsyberia-rallye.com ) 2008 Paris->NewYork (Aquatic, Beringstreet-crossing, Jeeps) http://pny2009.com/ http://forum.buschtaxi.org/jeep-auf-den-spuren-der-voelkerwanderung-t18641.html http://forum.buschtaxi.org/paris---new-york--muss-matthias-jeschke-aufgeben-t21178.html http://www.jeepbbs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12474 2008 Cape-Town -> Cape-Horn (South-Africa to South-America, a trip stretched over time, having travelled in Africa in 1995, trying to reach the other cape through Europe/Russia/Bering-Street/Alaska, then down the Pan-America http://www.capetocape.org.uk/ http://www.ppcages.com 2008 Amsterdam->Beijing->Amsterdam (9 months, 1/1/2008(?)-13/10/2008, southern route to Beijing, northern route back to Amsterdam, mostly 4x4 trucks) http://www.overlandtours.de http://www.steffenkunze.de/overlandtours/Allgemeines.html 2009 Amsterdam->Siberia (http://www.siberiachallenge.com/ 2009 Hamburg->Shanghai (1/6/2009 - 20/7/2009 (50 days (2006 was 67 days, 2007 was 43 days)), 19.500 euro/team (car), 22.500 euro/team (truck), additional passengers 9.000 each) http://www.rallye-hamburg-shanghai.com (cancelled!, see 2010) 2009 Riga->Beijing->Antalya (16/5-28/10, 166 days (in contrast to the 180 days in 2007, including turning point & China-entry near Wladiwostock!)) http://www.faszination-russland.de/visa/SeaBridge_Asien.pdf 2009 Shanghai->Venice (Silk-Route, Turkey->Italy by ferry, organized by ChinaTours (Germany), inspired by Hamburg->Shanghai 2006, http://www.chinatours.de) 2009 Singapore->Macau (7/2/2009-8/3/2009, 30 days, 9000km) http://www.4x4xplore.com/sm/index.html UKP 33950/team 2009 Romania->Mongolia (4-8 vehicles, 5/7/2009-22/8/2009, 7 weeks, 12.000km, central route, west-entry Mongolia) (Moldovia/Ukraine/Russia/Kasachstan/Usbekistan/Kirgistan/Kasachstan/Russia) (14.600 euro/team, including vehicle return by train (4500 euro discount otherwise) http://www.offroad-kangaroo.com/js_1.htm 2010 Beijing->Paris (Peking Paris Motor Challenge (same organisation as 2007 and 1997, but different route (not west through Mongolia?)) 2010 Hamburg->Shanghai (49 days, 05/07/2010 - 23/08/2010, possibly inspired/sponsored because of World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, same German organisation as 2006 & 2007, 2009 cancelled early: http://www.rallye-hamburg-shanghai.com) 2010 Amsterdam->Beijing->Amsterdam (6 months, 1/1/2010-1/7/2010, southern route to Beijing, northern route back to Amsterdam (6500 euro plus 2000 for 4 weeks in China)) http://www.overlandtours.de http://www.steffenkunze.de/overlandtours/Allgemeines.html 2010 Beijng->Hongkong->Beijing (2 sections, 28 days each/one-way, rental 4x4, 4850 euro pro team (flight not included)) (first-trip 2009 was cancelled for lack of entries (10 minimum) and earthquacke/earthslide problems, affecting proper roadbook preparation) http://breslau.cap88.info/ (deep-link fails, top menu (blue) '4x4 in China') http://breslau.cap88.info/galerie/boeken/bestel_reis.asp http://www.footstepstravelevents.com/asia/default.asp?a=62 (actual travel company: Wereldcontact Reizen B.V. in Houten/NL)