Kamchatka dog sled race Beringia-2018 was included into the Russian Book of Records as the longest race with the track exceeding 2000 km, TASS informs.
Gala awarding ceremony of dog drivers following the results of the dog sled race with handing out diplomas about entering the Russian Book of Records was held today in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
The maps show that the covered distance equals 2100 km, whereas GPS states 2101 km. The Director General of the Book of Records Aleksey Svistunov fixed a record after finishing the race and checking all the data. A request was made to enter the results of Beringia-2018 into the Guinness Book of World Records.
9 Kamchatka citizens, one dog driver from Moscow and 5 people from Chukotka took part in the race. They were accompanied by judges, medical staff, veterinarians and by team preparing the track. The first to finish was a dog driver from Kamchatka Valentin Levkovsky. Vyacheslav Demchenko from Moscow taking part in the race for the first time finished the second. The bronze award was taken by the dog driver from Kamchatka Andrei Semashkin. Gennady Tomilov from Chukotka was awarded for Loyalty to the Traditions of the North.
The dog sled races were held for the first time in 1990 with the track’s length of about 250 km. In 1991 Beringia was included into the Guinness Book of World Records for the track length equaling 1,98 thousand km.
Russkiy Mir
