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Wind halts polar row
17/08/17
OLYMPIC champion Alex Gregory is continuing his bid to row the Arctic Ocean against the odds. The athlete from Ipsden is part of six-man crew trying to row 2,000km from the island of Svalbard in Norway to Iceland. They left early on Tuesday last ...
Olympian calls off Polar Row due to danger... and he misses family
31/08/17
OLYMPIC champion Alex Gregory has ended his world-record breaking rowing challenge across the Arctic Ocean. The two-time rowing gold medalist is stranded on the tiny island of Jan Mayen, about 370 miles north of Iceland, after being forced to ...
Arctic rowers set off
10/08/17
OLYMPIC champion Alex Gregory has begun a world record attempt to row the Arctic Ocean. The athlete from Ipsden is part of six-man crew attempting to row 2,000km from the island of Svalbard in Norway to Iceland. They left early on Tuesday ...
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