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Pinkney's voyage around the world lasted 22 months. He traveled approximately 27,000 miles (43,000 km). [11] He departed from Boston on August 5, 1990, sailing first to Bermuda, then along the eastern South American coastline, across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Town, South Africa, across the Indian Ocean to Hobart, Tasmania, across the South Pacific Ocean, around Cape Horn, and up the eastern ...
Larry Damon, 90, American four-time Olympic cross-country skier and biathlete. [467] Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba, 86, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Sokodé (1993–2016). [468] Terry Gygar, 76, Australian academic and politician, Queensland MLA (1974–1983, 1984–1989). [469] Rolf Haikkola, 96, Finnish long-distance runner and coach ...
Atlantic Ocean Ader, a Dutch conceptual artist, performance artist, photographer and filmmaker, was lost at sea sometime after 9 July 1975 while attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the U.S. to England in the smallest boat ever. His deserted vessel was found off the coast of Ireland on 18 April 1976 but offered few clues as to his fate.
Burial at sea on the USS Enterprise, May 19, 2004. This is a list of people buried at sea. Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), New Zealand photographer, buried in the south Pacific Ocean after dying during voyage from England to New Zealand [1]
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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2025. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. January 2025 1 Viktor Alksnis, 74, Russian politician ...
Maurice and Maralyn Bailey were a British married couple who, in 1973, survived for 118 days on a rubber raft in the Pacific Ocean before being rescued. [1]Maralyn Bailey was born Maralyn Harrison on 24 April 1941 in Nottingham, England.
On 5 March 2021, Harding and Victor Vescovo dived to the deepest point of the Mariana Trench, the Challenger Deep, at a depth of approximately 11,000 m (36,000 feet), in the two-person deep-submergence vehicle DSV Limiting Factor, setting the Guinness World Records for greatest distance covered at full ocean depth and greatest time spent at ...