Miata Mailing List: August 1995, Message #51
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   From: Larry096@aol.com
Subject: Re: Alaska!!
   Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 17:46:17 -0400

In a message dated 95-07-31 09:11:23 EDT, Ken Freeze writes:

<< Sorry to tell you but the Bering Straits DO freeze over in the winter. I
was in
Alaska for 4 years and flew over them quite often in the winter to within
sight of Russia.
   If you look on a map, the straits freeze down to about St. Lawrence Island
in the Bering Sea by about Feb. Now you might have problem with the ice
ridges (6 to 10-feet high), and the Polar Bears get REAL hungry so I'd use a
hard top. Also, gas stations are about a 1000
miles apart so you should convert your Miata to run on whale or seal fat (any
dealer can do it for you, just tell them to look at service bulletin 36-93).
   A couple of years ago a guy walked across. The Soviets (remember them)
 were not
too happy with him.

Have Fun

Ken '92 (Yellow) Sun Dance >>

Thanks Ken. When I flew for a living in Alaska, I guess I didn't get to see
the big picture. Too low in a helicopter. In the area of the straits I was
near during that December (Big and little Diomede Islands, I beleive I saw
open leads on our side. Soooo, I ass-u-me-d that they didn't. Live and learn.
(I could my areas screwed up too)

Larry Karpman