SWEPT AWAY - 1 x 60 minutes
TRAILER
FULL FILM
The Bering Strait, situated between Cape Dezhnev, Russia, (the easternmost point of the Asian continent) and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, (the westernmost point) of the American continent, is approximately 92 km (58 mile) wide, with a depth of 30–50 m (100–165 ft) and connects the Chukchi Sea (part of the Arctic Ocean) in the north with the Bering Sea (part of the Pacific Ocean) in the south. Although the Cossack Semyon Dezhnev passed by the strait in 1648, it is named after Vitus Bering, a Danish-born Russian explorer who crossed the strait in 1728. The area is sparsely populated and the Strait has not been crossed in centuries due to Mother Nature and the change between ice and water. But one Belgium and one American man have attempted to cross the Bering Strait on foot from Alaska to Siberia. This film tells their story...from three years of preparation to the expedition itself.
1 x 60 minutes.
