Egvekinot - Uelkal

In the morning, we cleaned the ice and snow from our automobiles, which made each of them about 200 kilograms lighter! Then we visited the Egvekinot Folklore Museum (special thanks to Tatiana and Timofeicha for the cordial reception).

At noon, we drove out onto the ice of the Bay of the Cross (Zaliv Kresta) in the direction of Uelkal. Movement became difficult once again, as shallow but sticky snow reduced speeds and increased fuel consumption. After a short conference, we decided to return to Egvekinot and, rather than taking the shortcut across the bay, to go the long way around.

Bright sun, blue sky, mountains, snow, ice - these were the most picturesque scenes we encountered during the whole the expedition. After traveling 130 km, we arrived in Uelkal at about 3:00 a.m. The major storm here a day earlier had left snowdrifts as high as a two-story house. All-terrain vehicles and Ural trucks, who had waited out the storm, were now preparing to head back on the road. A tractor-sled train approached the village from Anadyr, after having holed up 70 km from here. The weather was improving…