Category : Oceans

Lia Ditton Reaches Hawaii, Breaks Women’s Record

Alex Myall

13/09/2020

Oceans

After 86 days, 10 hours, 5 minutes, and 54 seconds, Lia Ditton rowed into the harbor at Waikiki, Honolulu yesterday, breaking the women's re...

Lia Ditton’s Pacific Row: Slow, Hard, Dangerous

Alex Myall

19/08/2020

Oceans

“To think about death is also to think about life and how best to hang onto it,” reads Lia Ditton’s diary entry after 57 days alone at sea. ...

Karlis Bardelis: First Person to Row from South America to Asia

Rebecca McPhee

29/07/2020

Adventure Travel Oceans Rowing/canoeing

At the end of June, Karlis Bardelis, 34, became the first person to row from South America to Asia. The Latvian left La Punta, Peru in July,...

What Happened to Angela Madsen?

Jerry Kobalenko

13/07/2020

Oceans

When Angela Madsen died during her attempt to row alone from California to Hawaii last month, few details were available about her last hour...

Lia Ditton Survives Close Call

Alex Myall

11/07/2020

Oceans

On a route where two ocean rowers have already perished in recent months, Lia Ditton has had a close call. A rogue wave struck her boat, cap...

10 Indigenous Explorers

Matthew Traver

30/06/2020

Adventure Travel Amazon Desert Himalaya Oceans

In the history of exploration by outsiders, tales of success often contrast with sagas of misadventure and tragedy. Those indigenous to the ...

Man Sails 86 Days Across the Atlantic to Reunite with Father, 90

Alex Myall

29/06/2020

COVID-19 Oceans

What do you do when you’re prohibited from international air travel but can’t fathom being away from your aged father? Sail 12,000km across ...

Lia Ditton’s Pacific Crossing Begins

Alex Myall

24/06/2020

Oceans

A few days before one Pacific solo rower, Angela Madsen, perished of as-yet unknown causes, another woman, Lia Ditton, set off on a simila...

Updated: Pacific Rower Angela Madsen Found Dead

Rebecca McPhee

23/06/2020

Oceans

Angela Madsen has died during her attempt to row alone across the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Her wife, Debra, confirmed the...

To the Bottom of the Sea: Interview with Vanessa O’Brien

Rebecca McPhee

23/06/2020

Oceans

On June 8-9, Kathy Sullivan and Vanessa O’Brien became the first women to reach the deepest known point in the ocean, the Mariana Trench. Ne...

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