Benedict's explorations are often dangerous,but he likes them. One of his favorite explorations was in 2001. He wanted to be the first person to travel alone across the ice from Siberia to Alaska. So he went to Siberia and lived with the Chukchi people. He learned how to live like the Chukchi people and drive a dog team. He traveled 622 miles with only a dog team. The weather was really bad. There was a lot of snow, wind and ice,so the journey was very difficult. Benedict almost lost the dog team,and he almost died,so he ended his journey early. It was scary, but he learned a lot.