Vasiliy Igorevich Yelagin

DOB: February 20 1953, Moscow.
The organiser and leader of Marine Live-ice Automobile Expedition (MLAE) as well as the Yemelya vehicle chief designer. He has got a degree in geology and holds the title of the International class master of Sport in alpine climbing, being a Merited master of Sports of the USSR. His main achievements are: Mount Everest and Cho Oyu ascents, Kangchenjunga traverse (the Himalayas), Aconcagua (South America), Mount Vinson ascent (the Antarctic). Vasily is into sea sailing, has taken part in Paris-Dakar rally and one of team members for preparation of Paris-Moscow-Beijing rally. Vasily has had an experience of riding 1000 km on a snow scooter Buran. He has participated in a series of vehicle Polar Ring expeditions, which has inspired him to design a vehicle which will reach the North Pole. In March of 2008 his Yemelya vehicle left Salekhard and later that year reached the most northern point of the Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago – cape Arctic. In March-April of 2009 he led a group of 7 people which, having started from Severnaya Zemlya in 2 vehicles, reached the North Pole. In 2013, the expedition on the second-generation vehicles «Yemelya-3» and «Yemelya-4» crossed the ocean and covered 4000 km without support from the outside. Nevertheless, this did not help in forcing Alexey Shkrabkin to give up smoking. Vasily participated in MLAE-2008, MLAE-2009, MLAE-2011, MLAE-2013, MLAE-2014 and MLAE-2015, Antarctica-2019.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Obikhod

DOB: September 2 1955, Korosten, Zhitomir region.
Took part as a driver-engineer in MLAE-2008. Vladimir graduated from MSTU named after Bauman as an engineer-mechanic. He holds the title of the International class master of Sport in alpine climbing. His main achievements are: Khan Tengri, The Peak of Communism, Annapurna, Lhotse and Mount Everest ascending. Vladimir has got a medal for courage. At the moment he is working as an engineer in a scientific research institute. He took part in MLAE-2008, MLAE-2009, MLAE-2011 and MLAE-2013, MLAE-2014 and MLAE-2015, Anctarctica-2019 From Shchelkovo, Moscow Region.


Alexey Alexeyevich Zaitsev

DOB: November 10 1983.
Driver-mechanic. Built ATVs in 2010, is actively constructing a new generation of ATVs already as a certified mechanical engineer. Took part as a driver-mechanic in MLAE-2011.


Sergey Alekseevich Larin

DOB: Jyne 25 1959.
Mountaineering guide, doctor of the expedition. Member of the expedition MLAE-2009.


Anton Viktorovich Ershov

Electrical engineer – IT specialist - Ekaterinburg.



Alexey Vladimirovich Dubinin

Mechanic, entrepreneur, native of Uralmash district, Yekaterinburg.


Konstantin Alexandrovich Gavrilov

Mechanic-builder of Burlak ATV, promoting exchange of experience. Yekaterinburg.


Maxim Vasilievich Badulin

Ñameraman, is Working at National Geographic Russia.


Andrew Comrie-Picard

Canadian racing driver and TV presenter lives and works in Los Angeles.