Erden Eruç
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Erden Eruç is a Turkish-American adventurer who became the first person in history to complete an entirely solo and entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth on 21 July 2012 in Bodega Bay,
Mount Erciyes in the Cappadocia region of Turkey
A common rowboat is much smaller and less durable than those used for rowing across oceans.
An Argos beacon
Mount Kosciuszko
Antipodes
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In geography, the antipode of any spot on Earth is the point on Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it. A pair of points antipodal to each other are situated such that a straight line connecting
Erden Eruç
…crossings. The route he followed was 66,299 km (41,196 mi) long, crossed the equator twice and all lines of longitude, and passed over twelve pairs of antipodal points, meeting all the requirements for a true circumnavigation of the globe. Guinness World Records has officially recognized Eruç for the "First solo…
The villages of Alzon, France and Waitangi, New Zealand are an example of antipodal settlements.