ICE CHALLENGER VEHICLE SNOWBIRD 6 LIES STRANDED ON THE SHORE OF THE
THAMES PRIOR TO ITS TRIP TO THE BERING STRAIT.


Expedition leader Steve Brooks and co-driver Graham Stratford examine
The Ice Challenger vehicle "Snowbird 6" after it broke down on the
River Thames in London during its final tests January 15, 2002. Brooks
hopes to drive Snowbird 6 across the 56 mile ice bridge which separates
Alaska from the Siberian coastline next March. REUTERS/Russell Boyce