The entire time they did in fact have an SUV or mini-van with the Ocean Club logo on the side, waiting to whisk guests around the property when the driver was not on permanent rest break.

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Artur Chilingarov, an adventurer and deputy speaker of Russia's parliament, led two Russian mini-submarines to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean beneath the North Pole, where he collected gravel and planted the Russian flag.

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