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As a relatively new and untouched route, rowing south to north across the Arctic Ocean offers new adventures, possible records and a once in a lifetime experience.

Arctic Row Facts

  • 15 teams have done an Arctic Ocean row

  • 8 teams rowed either east to west or west to east across the Arctic Ocean

  • One team has rowed north to south across the Arctic Ocean

  • 6 teams have rowed south to north across the Arctic Ocean

  • The first south to north row across the Arctic Ocean was completed in 2017

  • 3 pairs teams have rowed across the Arctic Ocean

  • No pairs team has ever rowed from Tromsø to Longyearbyen

  • The average time for pairs team to row across the Arctic Ocean is 19.6 days

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Interesting Arctic Facts

  • As shown above, global warming has resulted in a dramatic reduction of the polar ice cap 

  • Svalbard is located further north than the most northerly settlement in Greenland. 

  • Longyearbyen is so far north it is just 814 miles from the north pole

  • Longyearbyen's climate during the summer months feels like a northern European winter.

  • 60% of Svalbard’s land is covered in ice

  • In Svalbard there are more polar bears than people

  • Longyearbyen has the most northerly airport in the world with scheduled public flights

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