Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 4 (UPI) -- A British adventurer on a round-the-world trek and his French companion have crossed the dangerous Bering Strait from Alaska to Siberia. Karl Bushby's father told the Anchorage Daily News that his son called him as soon as they reached the Russian side, saying excitedly, "Terra firma, terra firma." Advertisement Keith Bushby, at home in Hereford, helped his son and Dimitri Kieffer by providing regular weather updates. Karl Bushby, using a satellite phone, would call his father every morning and Keith would download information from the Internet. The Bering Strait is only 58 miles wide. But crossing it on foot involves shifting sea ice and leads or open-water corridors that open suddenly. Keith Bushby said that the crossing had been on his son's mind ever since he began his trip. Karl Bushby, 36, a former paratrooper, began his round-the-world walk in Chile seven years ago and hopes to finish up by 2010. He and Kieffer met in Alaska and joined forces for the crossing.
