West Yorkshire Farmer Records First Bering Straits Car Crossing
A farmer from West Yorkshire has driven his Land Rover Defender into the record books, following a successful attempt to become the first person to cross the Bering Straits using a road vehicle. Steve Burgess, the pioneering Yorkshireman, reserved special praise for the Cooper 4×4 tyres that helped him score the first.
The 52-year-old from Mirfield, near Huddersfield, drove 10,379 miles in 50 days, taking in the easternmost tip of Russia. Driving across icy tundra and frozen riverbeds with temperatures as low as -46 degrees Celsius in some of the most remote places on earth, the Cooper Discoverer ST off-road tyres was able to provide the additional traction and performance levels necessary for the feat.