Even today, that journey could be that of a lifetime! As a road, it would be easier to travel than today which requires land and sea, air and rail, but still either would be a real adventure. Even from Homer/Fairbanks, Alaska to Patagonia, Argentina is quite an adventurous trip today and requires portage around the DariƩn Gap of Panama, much like the gap between Russia and Alaska through the Bering Straight, which in 2011 was envisioned as a rail tunnel, twice as long as the Chunnel.