MOSCOW: Russian explorer Fyodor Konyukhov, currently embarking on a 200-day voyage to Australia, has become the first individual in histo...
MOSCOW: Russian explorer Fyodor Konyukhov, currently embarking on a 200-day voyage to Australia, has become the first individual in history to row across the South Atlantic in a rowboat: it took him 68 days to journey from South America to the Indian Ocean, the expedition headquarters reported in a Telegram post.
"Overnight, the rowboat Akros crossed 20 degrees east longitude (Cape Agulhas, South Africa) and entered the Indian Ocean. Fyodor Konyukhov became the first in history to row across the South Atlantic. <…> It took him 68 days to accomplish this. Now, the Indian Ocean is ahead. And it’s 4,200 nautical miles to reach Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia," the post reads.
In 2002, Konyukhov already navigated the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, from the Canary Islands to Barbados, aboard the Uralaz rowboat in 46 days. Furthermore, in 2014, he crossed the Pacific Ocean from east to west, from Chile to Australia, rowing the Turgoyak boat in 160 days. And in 2019, he again rowed across the Pacific Ocean, this time from west to east, from New Zealand to Cape Horn, in 154 days. The adventurer spent a total of 428 days at sea, changing three rowboats as he navigated.
According to Konyukhov, he is set to cover a distance of 18,000 kilometers in 200 days as part of his expedition from South America to Australia, which requires 15 hours of rowing per day. Konyukhov completed Stage 1 of the journey in 2018-2019 when he rowed 11,000 kilometers in 153 days. Back then, he used the same rowboat Akros, which has since been upgraded.
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