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Two men travelled from London to the Arctic islands of Svalbard by human power.

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The Row

18 September 2018 Poldy77 2 Comments

Well we made it! Sorry, we did take awhile, and it may have looked like we were dilly-dallying around Bear…

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Posted in: Ocean Rowing Filed under: arch2arctic, barents sea, Norway, Ocean Rowing, Svalbard

Jack Petchey Foundation

18 August 2018 Poldy77 1 Comment

If there is one organisation that made Arch2Arctic happen, then it’s the Jack Petchey Foundation. When I pitched the challenge…

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Posted in: Sponsors Filed under: arch2arctic, If you believe it you can achieve it, Jack Petchey, Jack Petchey Foundation

A look around Lady Susan

16 August 2018 Poldy77

Just a quick video to show you around our boat, to give you an idea of how we’re going to…

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Posted in: Ocean Rowing

Day 2 on Lady Susan

12 August 2018 Poldy77

This was Wednesday 8th August, day 2 after setting off from Tromsø. We rowed through the night alternating 2 hours…

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Posted in: Ocean Rowing Filed under: arch2arctic, Norway, Norwegian Sea, Ocean Rowing

Day 1 on Lady Susan

11 August 2018 Poldy77

If you’ve looked at our tracker recently you will have noticed we’ve not moved for a few days. We’re in…

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Posted in: Ocean Rowing Filed under: fjords, Norway, Ocean Rowing, torvåg, Tromsø

Introducing Fourth Cape, a main sponsor

8 August 2018 Rob McArthur

We consider ourselves very lucky on the road that has led Arch2Arctic to materialise. We had to learn a lot…

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Posted in: Sponsors Filed under: arch2arctic, Fourth Cape, sailing, Sailing gear, sponsor, Sports management

The penultimate water crossing – kayaking a Norwegian fjord

2 August 2018 Poldy77

We chose our route to Tromso with as few water crossings as possible but there was one unavoidable fjord which…

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Posted in: Kayaking Filed under: Bognes, Kayaking, Norway, sea-kayaking, Skaberget

Paddleboarding from Denmark to Sweden

25 July 2018 Poldy77 2 Comments

This is very late, and the video is very raw, and the commentary is a very dodgy as we’re starting…

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Posted in: Paddleboarding

Kayaking across the Baltic

12 July 2018 Poldy77 2 Comments

Sorry about the lack of cycling blogs. The truth is we have so much footage from filming but it’s so…

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Posted in: Kayaking Filed under: Denmark, Feymanbelt, Germany, Kayaking, Puttgarden, Rodby, sea-kayaking

Stage 2 – The Swim

29 June 2018 Poldy77 2 Comments

This is our Instagram Q&A about the Channel (among other things) in case you missed it minus the first 5…

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Posted in: English Channel, Open Water Swimming Filed under: arch2arctic, Channel swim

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