Deportation Overturned!

According to the Goliath Expedition website:

5 May 2006
Karl and Dimitris' appeal hearing was heard at the court in Anadyr on 5th May. It was
decided at that time that the initial deportation order should be overturned. K & D will now
be allowed to walk through Russia. It is believed that once they have retrieved the
equipment held by the authorities they will return to Alaska, where Dimitri can return
home and Karl will have the chance to re-equip and begin getting together the paperwork
for his return to Russia. In the best possible case he will return to Uelen at the very start of
next winter to begin the walk where he was picked up by the authorities. He has decided
to cross that region during the winter, despite the extreme cold, as it has numerous rivers,
lakes and wetlands which would make a crossing in summer even more difficult. A great
weight has now been lifted from Karl's shoulders and the courts generous decision is the
icing on the cake that was the Bering Straits crossing. The expedition as a whole thanks
the authorities of the Chukot region for allowing Karl to continue his dream.


I think the TASS article which suggested that they planned to cross the Strait again from
Alaska to Russia was probably a mis-translation. The Russian reporter probably could have
used Model T  to translate Dim Sum.

OnOn,
CT