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World Records Achieved by the Polar Row 2017 rowing expedition

The oldest (recorded) person to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters* is Jeff Willis (UK, b. 25 May 1961) who was 56 years 56 days at the start of his row of 965 km / 520 nm from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, that lasted 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 in a Team of Five on board Polar Row.

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The oldest age for person to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters north to south is 42 yrs 89 days by Carlo Facchino (USA, b. 22nd April 1975) at the start of his row of 724 nm /1340 km from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in a team of Six, completed in 13 days17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st on board Polar Row

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The youngest (recorded) age for a person to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north is 33 yrs 317 days by Tathagata Roy (India, b. 6 Sept 1983), who rowed 965 km / 520 nm from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway in a team of Five in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 on board Polar Row

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The youngest recorded age for a person to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters north to south is 23 yrs 47 days by Tyler Carnavale (USA, b. 22nd June 1994), who rowed 724 nm /1340 km from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in a team of Six in 13 days17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row.

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The average age of the oldest team to row on the the Arctic Ocean Open Waters* is 41 years 45 days (combined age - 205 yrs 7m 13d) by Fiann Paul (Iceland, b. 15.8.1980; 36 +11m 5d); Tathagata Roy (India, b. 6 Sept 1983; 33 years+10m 14d), Jeff Willis (UK, b. 25 May 1961; 56 years 56 days), Carlo Facchino (USA, b. 22 April 1975; 42 years +2m 28d), Tor Wigum (Norway, b. 18 Feb.1981; 36 +5m 2d), who rowed from Tromso, Norway to Hornsund, Svalbard in 7 days 6hrs 49 min between 20 and 27July 2017 on board Polar Row

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The First recorded row of the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north is by Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 965 km (520 nm) from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (via Hornsund, Svalbard) in a team of Five in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 on board Polar Row.
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The First recorded row of the Barents Sea is by Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 965 km (520 nm) from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (via Hornsund, Svalbard) in a team of Five in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 on board Polar Row.
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The First Recorded Team of Five to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters are Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 965 km (520 nm) from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (via Hornsund, Svalbard) in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 on board Polar Row.
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The First Recorded Team of Six to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters are Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA), who rowed 1056 km (570 nautical miles) from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row.

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The First Recorded Row Across The Arctic Ocean Open Waters north to south is by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA), who rowed 1056 km (570 nautical miles) from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row

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The First Recorded Row Across The Greenland Sea north to south is by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA), who rowed 1056 km (570 nautical miles) from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row

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The first recorded row of the Arctic Ocean Open Waters in both directions is by Fiann Paul (Iceland) and Carlo Facchino (USA), who rowed it south to north from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard between 20th and 30th July 2017 (in a crew of Five) and then north to south from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen between 8th - 21st August 2017 (in a crew of Six) on board Polar Row.
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The most people in a team to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is Six, by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA), who rowed 724nm /1340 km north to south from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row.

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The biggest recorded number of people in a team to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north is Five by Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 965 km (520 nm) from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (via Hornsund, Svalbard) in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 on board Polar Row.
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The Northernmost recorded latitude on land reached by a rowing vessel on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is 78° 15'20''N by Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 965 km (520 nm) from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (via Hornsund, Svalbard) in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 on board Polar Row.

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The Northernmost (recorded) latitude on land reached by a rowing vessel on the Arctic Ocean Off-Coast Row is 78°35.7N by a Team of Six: Jock Wishart, skipper, Mark Delstanche, Billy Gammon, David Mans, Rob Sleep & Mark Beaumont (all UK), who rowed 375 km/202 nautical miles within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut group of Islands to Ellef Ringnes Island (with stop-over on Thor Island) in 40 days between 28 July and 26 August 2011 0n board Old Pulteney

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The Northernmost (recorded) latitude on land any rowing vessel departed from on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is 78° 15'20''N by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA), who rowed from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days 17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row.
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The Northernmost (recorded) latitude reached by a rowing vessel on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters at the edge of the permanent ice shelf is 79 55'500''N by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA) on 9th August 2017, during their row from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen, completed between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row

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The fastest (recorded) row on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is at average speed of 2.557 knots by a team of Five: Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 445 nm (824 km) from Tromso, Norway to Hornsund, Svalbard land to land as a part of their row from Tromso to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, in 7 days 06 hrs 49 min between 20 and 27 July 2017 on board a pure-class boat Polar Row

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The Northernmost (recorded) latitude a rowing vessel started a row from north to south on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is 79 55'500''N at the edge of the permanent ice shelf by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA) on 9th August 2017, during their row from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen, completed between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row

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The longest distance rowed on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters within one expedition is 2305 km / 1244 nautical miles by Fiann Paul (Iceland) and Carlo Facchino (USA), who rowed 965 km / 520 nm from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min in a Team of Five between 20th and 30th July 2017, and then 1340 km (724 nautical miles) from Longyearbyen, Svalbard via the edge of the permanent ice shelf at 79 55'500''N 10°23'20"E to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days 17 hrs 30 min in a Team of Six between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row.

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The only person to hold World records both in Olympic Rowing and Ocean Rowing is Alex Gregory (UK):
1. Olympic Rowing - the fastest men’s coxless fours row (Andrew Triggs-Hodge, Tom James, Pete Reed and Alex Gregory) at Lucerne, Switzerland on 25 May 2012
2. Ocean Rowing -
The First Recorded Team of Six to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters;
The First Recorded Row Across The Arctic Ocean Open Waters north to south;
The First Recorded Row Across The Greenland Sea north to south;
The most people in a team to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters (Six);
The Northernmost (recorded) latitude on land any rowing vessel departed from on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters;
The Northernmost (recorded) latitude reached by a rowing vessel on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters at the edge of the permanent ice shelf;
The Northernmost (recorded) latitude a rowing vessel started a row from north to south on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters,

- all achieved in a team with Fiann Paul (IS), Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA) ) on route from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row.

Note: The first Olympic Rowing Gold Medallist to row an ocean was James Cracknell, UK:
Olympic Rowing: 2004 – Gold, Coxless Four (with Matthew Pinsent, Steve Williams, Ed Coode); 2000 – Gold, Coxless Four (with Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster, Steve Redgrave)
Ocean Rowing: 30 Nov 2005 - 19 Jan 2006, Atlantic east to west in tandem with Ben Fogle.

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The First Person to Row on Four Oceans is Fiann Paul (Iceland):
1. Across the Atlantic E-W (2011. Team of Six. Boat Sara G)
2. Across the Indian Ocean E-W (2014. Team of Seven. Boat Avalon)
3. On the Mid-Pacific E-W. (2016. Team of Four. Boat Danielle)
4. On the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north (2017. Team of Five. Boat Polar Row)

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The first Person to hold simultaneously 4 speed records on four oceans is Fiann Paul (Iceland):
1. The fastest row in a pure-class category across the Atlantic E-W at average speed 3.386 knots (2011. Team of Six. Boat Sara G)
2. The fastest row across the Indian Ocean E-W at average speed 2.65 knots (2014. Team of Seven. Boat Avalon)
3. The fastest row on the Mid-Pacific route by a team of Four at average speed 2.21 knots (2016. Boat Danielle)
4. The fastest (recorded) row on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north at average speed 2.557 knots (2017. Team of Five. Boat Polar Row)

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The only Person (as for 2017) to hold simultaneously overall speed records on three oceans is Fiann Paul (Iceland):
1. The fastest row across the Atlantic E-W at average speed 3.386 knots (2011. Team of Six. Boat Sara G)
2. The fastest row across the Indian Ocean E-W at average speed 2.65 knots (2014. Team of Seven. Boat Avalon)
3. The fastest (recorded) row on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north at average speed 2.557 knots (2017. Team of Five. Boat Polar Row)

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Most World Records (individual and team) achieved within one ocean rowing expedition is 24 by Polar Row, led by Fiann Paul on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters and consisting of : south to north - Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR); north to south - Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA) between 20th July - 21st August 2017

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The definition "Rows on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters" applies only to pure rowing expeditions across major water basins above the Polar Circle from land to land, excluding any use of sail, paddling on kayaks or canoes, as well as rows around islands, within archipelagos and coastal rows, i.e. within vicinity of land and possibility to get ashore.

Polar Row Team I

Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR)

World Records claimed by Fiann Paul (Iceland), skipper of the Polar Row 2017 rowing expedition

1. The average age of the oldest team to row on the the Arctic Ocean Open Waters* is 41 years 45 days (combined age - 205 yrs 7m 13d) by Fiann Paul (Iceland, b. 15.8.1980; 36 +11m 5d); Tathagata Roy (India, b. 6 Sept 1983; 33 years+10m 14d), Jeff Willis (UK, b. 25 May 1961; 56 years 56 days), Carlo Facchino (USA, b. 22 April 1975; 42 years +2m 28d), Tor Wigum (Norway, b. 18 Feb.1981; 36 +5m 2d), who rowed from Tromso, Norway to Hornsund, Svalbard in 7 days 6hrs 49 min between 20 and 27July 2017 on board Polar Row

2.The First recorded row of the Barents Sea on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north is by Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 965 km (520 nm) from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (via Hornsund, Svalbard) in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 on board Polar Row.

3.The First Recorded Team of Five to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters are Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 965 km (520 nm) from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (via Hornsund, Svalbard) in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 on board Polar Row.

4.The First Recorded Team of Six to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters are Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA), who rowed 724nm /1340 km from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row.

5.The First Recorded Row Across The Greenland Sea north to south / the Arctic Ocean Open Waters north to south is by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA), who rowed 724nm /1340 km from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row

6.The first (recorded) row of the Arctic Ocean Open Waters in both directions is by Fiann Paul (Iceland) and Carlo Facchino (USA), who rowed it south to north from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard between 20th and 30th July 2017 (in a crew of Five) and then north to south from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen between 8th - 21st August 2017 (in a crew of Six) on board Polar Row.

7. Most (recorded) people in a team to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is Six, by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA), who rowed 724nm /1340 km from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row.

8. Most (recorded) people in a team to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north is Five by Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 965 km (520 nm) from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (via Hornsund, Svalbard) in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 on board Polar Row.

9.The Northernmost (recorded) latitude on land reached by a rowing vessel on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is 78° 15'20''N by Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 965 km (520 nm) from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (via Hornsund, Svalbard) in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min between 20th and 30th July 2017 on board Polar Row.

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The Northernmost (recorded) latitude on land reached by a rowing vessel on the Arctic Ocean Off-Coast Row is 78°35.7N by a Team of Six: Jock Wishart, skipper, Mark Delstanche, Billy Gammon, David Mans, Rob Sleep & Mark Beaumont (all UK), who rowed 375 km/202 nautical miles within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut group of Islands to Ellef Ringnes Island (with stop-over on Thor Island) in 40 days between 28 July and 26 August 2011 0n board Old Pulteney

10.The Northernmost (recorded) latitude on land a rowing vessel departed from on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is 78° 15'20''N by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA), who rowed from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days 17 hrs 30 min between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row.

11.The Northernmost (recorded) latitude reached by a rowing vessel on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters at the edge of the permanent ice shelf is 79 55'500''N by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA) on 9th August 2017, during their row from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen, completed between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row

12.The fastest (recorded) row on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is at average speed of 2.557 knots by a team of Five: Fiann Paul (IS), Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR), who rowed 445 nm (824 km) from Tromso, Norway to Hornsund, Svalbard land to land as a part of their row from Tromso to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, in 7 days 06 hrs 49 min between 20 and 27 July 2017 on board Polar Row

13.The Northernmost (recorded) latitude a rowing vessel started a row from north to south on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is 79 55'500''N at the edge of the permanent ice shelf by Fiann Paul (IS), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA) on 9th August 2017, during their row from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the island of Jan Mayen, completed between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row

14.The longest distance rowed on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters within one expedition is 2305 km / 1244 nautical miles by Fiann Paul (Iceland) and Carlo Facchino (USA), who rowed 965 km / 520 nm from Tromso, Norway to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway in 9 days 23 hrs 26 min in a Team of Five between 20th and 30th July 2017, and then 1340 km (724 nautical miles) from Longyearbyen, Svalbard via the edge of the permanent ice shelf at 79 55'500''N 10°23'20"E to the island of Jan Mayen in 13 days 17 hrs 30 min in a Team of Six between 8th - 21st August 2017 on board Polar Row.

15.The First Person to Row on Four Oceans is Fiann Paul (Iceland):
1. Across the Atlantic E-W (2011. Team of Six. Boat Sara G)
2. Across the Indian Ocean E-W (2014. Team of Seven. Boat Avalon)
3. On the Mid-Pacific E-W. (2016. Team of Four. Boat Danielle)
4. On the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north (2017. Team of Five. Boat Polar Row)

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16.The first Person to hold simultaneously speed records on four oceans is Fiann Paul (Iceland):
1. The fastest in pure-class row across the Atlantic E-W at average speed 3.386 knots (2011. Team of Six. Boat Sara G)
2. The fastest row across the Indian Ocean E-W at average speed 2.65 knots (2014. Team of Seven. Boat Avalon)
3. The fastest row on the Mid-Pacific route by a team of Four at average speed 2.21 knots (2016. Boat Danielle)
4. The fastest (recorded) row on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north at average speed 2.557 knots (2017. Team of Five. Boat Polar Row)

17. The only Person (as for 2017) to hold simultaneously overall speed records on three oceans is Fiann Paul (Iceland):
1. The fastest row across the Atlantic E-W at average speed 3.386 knots (2011. Team of Six. Boat Sara G)
2. The fastest row across the Indian Ocean E-W at average speed 2.65 knots (2014. Team of Seven. Boat Avalon)
3. The fastest (recorded) row on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north at average speed 2.557 knots (2017. Team of Five. Boat Polar Row)

18. Most overall speed records in ocean rowing achieved by one person is 4 by Fiann Paul (Iceland):
1. The fastest row across the Atlantic E-W at average speed 3.386 knots (2011. Team of Six. Boat Sara G)
2. The fastest row across the Indian Ocean E-W at average speed 2.65 knots (2014. Team of Seven. Boat Avalon)
3. The fastest row on the Mid-Pacific route by a team of Four at average speed 2.21 knots (2016. Boat Danielle)
4. The fastest (recorded) row on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north at average speed 2.557 knots (2017. Team of Five. Boat Polar Row)

19.The only person to achieve twice a record of holding simultaneously 3 overall speed records in ocean rowing on different oceans is Fiann Paul (Iceland) as a crew of of the fastest teams:
2016 - for three rows: across the Atlantic E-W at average speed 3.386 knots (2011. Team of Six. Boat Sara G); across the Indian Ocean E-W at average speed 2.65 knots (2014. Team of Seven. Boat Avalon) and on the Mid-Pacific route by a team of Four at average speed 2.21 knots (2016. Boat Danielle).
2017 - for three rows: across the Atlantic E-W at average speed 3.386 knots (2011. Team of Six. Boat Sara G); across the Indian Ocean E-W at average speed 2.65 knots (2014. Team of Seven. Boat Avalon) and on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north at average speed 2.557 knots (2017. Team of Five. Boat Polar Row).

20.Most World Records (individual and team) achieved within one ocean rowing expedition is 23 by Polar Row, led by Fiann Paul (Iceland) on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters and consisting of : south to north - Tathagata Roy (IN), Jeff Willis (UK), Carlo Facchino (USA), Tor Wigum (NOR); north to south - Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino & Tyler Carnevale (both USA) between 20th July - 21st August 2017

21. Most records achieved by one person in ocean rowing during one year is 21 by Fiann Paul (Iceland)

22. Most overall speed records achieved by one person in ocean rowing within two consecutive years is 2 by Fiann Paul (Iceland),
1. The fastest row on the Mid-Pacific route by a team of Four at average speed 2.21 knots (2016. Boat Danielle)
2. The fastest (recorded) row on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters south to north at average speed 2.557 knots (2017. Team of Five. Boat Polar Row)

23. Most records achieved by one person in ocean rowing in two consecutive years is 25 by Fiann Paul (Iceland) - 21 during the Polar Row 2017 and 4 for the Mid-Pacific east to west row in 2016.

24. Most ocean rowing records achieved by an ocean rower is 34 by Fiann Paul (Iceland) ( 21 - Polar row 2017, 4 - Mid-Pacific Row 2016 + 9 for the Atlantic 2011 and Indian 2014 rows)

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							512 miles (445 nm)(824 km) Average speed - 2.557 Knots
							Toatal from Tromso to Longyearbyen Days : hours : minutes : seconds 09 : 23 : 26 : 00
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Departed from Tromso, Norway at 7:30GMT on July 20, 2017 Reached Hornsund, Svalbard and stopped over on July 27, 2017 at 14:19GMT Resumed their row northbound on July 28, 2017 at 18:40GMT and landed in Longyearbyen on July 30, 2017 at 6:56GMT



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Team of Six Polar Row II have set for their row from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to Jan Mayen, starting from the Northernmost (recorded) latitude reached by a rowing vessel.
Left Longyearbyen, Svalbard at 00:30GMT on August 8, 2017 By rowing north, at 20:09GMT, August 9, 2017 the team reached the permanent ice shelf at 79 55'500''N, resetting from there heading south Arrived to the island of Jan Mayen at 18:00GMT on August 21, 2017