Northernmost latitude on land from which a rowing vessel has departed on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters
Who
Fiann Paul, Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye, Carlo Facchino, Tyler Carnevale
What
78° 15' 20'' N degree(s) minute(s) second(s)
Where
Norway ()
When

The northernmost recorded latitude on land from which a rowing vessel has departed on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters is 78° 15' 20'' N by Fiann Paul (Iceland), Alex Gregory, Danny Longman, Sam Vye (all UK), Carlo Facchino and Tyler Carnevale (both USA), who rowed from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to Jan Mayen Island, Norway, in 13 days 17 hr 30 min between 8 and 21 August 2017 on board Polar Row.


The definition of "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 the vicinity of land and with the possibility to get ashore.