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The Northwest Passage in an Open Boat

-Ken here. Kevin Oliver and Tony Lancashire, both Royal Marines have made it into Cambridge Bay in their 17.5′ open boat. Check them out over at Arctic Mariner

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2 Responses to “The Northwest Passage in an Open Boat”

  1. capt bruce says:
    August 25, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    holy cow!
    john ridgeway and chay blyth [both british marines] did the same type of stunt when they rowwed across the atlantic!
    but the N.W. passage !
    it has the claim of a thousand graves!
    bully!
    bless them and the book deals that are sure to follow.
    thanks for the update ken.
    capt bruce

  2. Dave H says:
    September 5, 2009 at 6:43 am

    AND. . . the FLorida boys made it to London in the Flats boat! . . .

    The Gods smile on the adventurous. . . . sometimes. . . Their perseverance and the help received along the way certainly helped generate enough luck to get them over the line
    . . :-)

    http://www.crosstheatlantic.com/blog.html

    Dave H

    (Now what am I going to watch??)