Adrian Flanagan
Encyclopedia
Adrian Flanagan is a British
author
and sailor
who, on May 21, 2008, achieved the first ever single-handed vertical circumnavigation
(via the geographical pole
s) of the globe
.
United Kingdom
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author
Author
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and sailor
Sailor
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who, on May 21, 2008, achieved the first ever single-handed vertical circumnavigation
Circumnavigation
Circumnavigation – literally, "navigation of a circumference" – refers to travelling all the way around an island, a continent, or the entire planet Earth.- Global circumnavigation :...
(via the geographical pole
Geographical pole
A geographical pole is either of the two points—the north pole and the south pole—on the surface of a rotating planet where the axis of rotation meets the surface of the body...
s) of the globe
Globe
A globe is a three-dimensional scale model of Earth or other spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star, or moon...
.