People do it all the time, just with the help of a boat across this obstacle. Given the scale of the journey, its often not "footnoted" in many casual reference

People do it all the time, just with the help of a boat across this obstacle. Given the scale of the journey, its often not "footnoted" in many casual references. For scale, the Pan-American-Highway, which basically navigates from Alaska to Patagonia is about 48,000 kilometres (30,000 mi) in total length. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Highway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Highway