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Ken Chambers
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Here's the text of an amusing article I just read in our local paper. Hey David,
what do you know about these guys over there?
Ken Chambers, CA
'64 Amphi
Title: Duo's new ice vehicle sinks in Thames run
Two adventurers who hope to cross the treacherous ice pack between Alaska
and Siberia were embarrassed Tuesday when their new
amphibious vehicle - designed to power through the Bering Strait's freezing
water and drive across ice floes - sank in the ice-free
Thames.
After passing Big Ben and Westminster Palace on the river's calm waters, a
flotation device on the SnowBird 6 started to fill
with water. The pilots, Steve Brooks and Graham Stratford, managed to get it to
shore before it submerged completely.
Brooks and Stratford failed in their first attempt across the Bering in
March when their SnowBird 5, an earlier version, was
damaged by an ice ridge.
what do you know about these guys over there?
Ken Chambers, CA
'64 Amphi
Title: Duo's new ice vehicle sinks in Thames run
Two adventurers who hope to cross the treacherous ice pack between Alaska
and Siberia were embarrassed Tuesday when their new
amphibious vehicle - designed to power through the Bering Strait's freezing
water and drive across ice floes - sank in the ice-free
Thames.
After passing Big Ben and Westminster Palace on the river's calm waters, a
flotation device on the SnowBird 6 started to fill
with water. The pilots, Steve Brooks and Graham Stratford, managed to get it to
shore before it submerged completely.
Brooks and Stratford failed in their first attempt across the Bering in
March when their SnowBird 5, an earlier version, was
damaged by an ice ridge.