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Last Friday, the Maxi Banque Populaire V sailing ship completed a circumnavigation of the globe and set a new speed record in the process . The ship, which featured a British captain and a mostly French crew, beat the previous speed record by nearly three days, and claimed the Jules Verne Trophy in the process. The crew of 14, which was led by Captain Brian Thompson, managed to circle the globe in just 45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes, and 53 seconds. (The previous record, was 48 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes,
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Looking for your daily dose of inspiration? Then look no further than this interview with Andy Campbell from the Adventure Journal . Campbell, who broke his back in a climbing accident eight years ago, has big plans for 2012, as he plans to circle the globe in his wheelchair, covering more than 30,000 miles in the process. In the AJ interview, Andy says that he intends to travel from the U.K. to China via "arm-powered" transport, then skip across the Pacific to Alaska, and proceed south to Chile. He'll ...
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Long distance paddler Colin Angus is attempting to break the speed record for a solo, circumnavigation around Vancouver Island. He's hoping to cover the 1150km (714.5 mile) journey in less than 16.5 days. He's now halfway through the attempt, and has passed the 600km mark and is now headed toward the finish line. You can follow Colin's adventure on his website, AngusAdventures.com , where you'll find daily updates on his progress and a SPOT tracker feed of his current location. As of this writing, the SPOT
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South African adventurer Ray Chaplin hopes to circumnavigate the globe, under his own power no less, in just 80 weeks. But even more impressive is that he will do so via both Poles, and not traveling around the planet in a east-west direction as is typical for these kinds of expeditions. If successful, he'll be the first person to circle the globe in this direction and manner. Ray has named his expedition SHOVA360 , and plans to get underway in August from Table Mountain, in Cape Town. He has broken down
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Explorers Web is reporting today that a team of Norwegian kayakers has successfully completed an unsupported circumnavigation of South Georgia Island located in the Southern Ocean. The team took 20 days to make the paddle, which has only been done on two other occasions. The team, consisting of Simen Havig-Gjelseth, Sigrid Henjum, Tormod Austring, and Dag Marius Ammerud, returned to the village of Grytviken yesterday morning where they were greeted by a few locals who welcomed them back by shooting flares
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Scary news is coming in regarding Abby Sunderland , the 16-year old girl who is attempting to solo circumnavigate the globe. According to this story from ABC News , the California teenager may be lost at sea after setting off two distress signals calling for help from her support crew. According to the report, Abby was fighting 20-25 foot waves and 35 knot winds at the time that she activated the beacon. At that time, her support crew had been in touch with her, and Abby indicated that she had been knocked
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Polar explorer Børge Ousland is joining forces with his Norwegian countryman Thorleif Thorleifsson to attempt to become the first men to sail around the North Pole , something that has not been possible in the past, but is now thanks to global climate change. The explorers plan on setting out on June 21st, sailing east to west through the Northeast passage, which traditionally opens to traffic during the month of August. That treacherous sea route falls in the Arctic Ocean to the north of Russia. Once ...
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Our two intrepid 16-year old young ladies who are out on the oceans making solo circumnavigation attempts are both reaching for milestones it seems. Both American Abby Sunderland and Australian Jessica Watson have been making progress in their respective journeys, and while one nears a major challenge, the other is heading well on her way home. For Abby, her first big challenge comes in the form of Cape Horn, the very tip of South America. The region is notoriously windy, and can generate some of the most
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A French captain and his crew of nine have set a new record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by sail, crossing the finish line this past Saturday 48 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes and 52 seconds after they started back at the end of January. The new record bests the old one, set in 2005, by 2 days, 8 hours, 35 minutes. The multi-hulled Groupama 3 is captained by Franck Cammas , who ESPN quotes as saying, "he new record can be improved." The ship was slowed by poor weather, which is what led to that
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It's been a few weeks since we checked in on Hayley Shepard and her efforts to kayak solo around South Georgia Island. At the time, she had just arrived at her destination, and was preparing to set out on her adventure, and now, three weeks later, she is off the water, and preparing to go home. According to her blog , which she updated nearly everyday while paddling, yesterday should have been Hayley's last day in the kayak. Unfortunately, due to a number of things beyond her control, she was unable to ...
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