Bering Strait Tunnel Idea Goes Limp (For Now)
Buy a big drill, and everyone starts thinking you're going to dig a tunnel between two continents. That's what happened to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich after he handed over $160 million for the biggest drill in the world.
We've been drooling over the idea of a US to Russia road trip ever since rumors began about the Bering Strait tunnel project a year ago. When Abramovich bought a massive drill last week, well, the rumors really started heating up.
But don't go booking your rental cars just yet. Apparently the real story is something closer to doing some infrastructure works around Sochi on the Black Sea, which will host the 2014 Winter Olympics. Nice, but nowhere near as exciting as a tunnel joining Russia and the United States. Perhaps we'll have to dig it ourselves.
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· Rumors Billionaire Will Tunnel to America [news.com.au]
· Billionaire Denies Dream of Transcontinental Tunnel [Russia Today]
· Bering Strait Tunnel Project: OMG! Ultimate Road Trip! [Jaunted]
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