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Frenchman, 71, begins bid to float across Atlantic in a barrel | Frenchman, 71, begins bid to float across Atlantic in a barrel |
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A 71-year-old Frenchman has departed on a journey across the Atlantic in a specially designed barrel capsule, which will use ocean currents alone to propel him across the sea. | A 71-year-old Frenchman has departed on a journey across the Atlantic in a specially designed barrel capsule, which will use ocean currents alone to propel him across the sea. |
Wall Street trader reaches bottom of Atlantic in bid to conquer five oceans | Wall Street trader reaches bottom of Atlantic in bid to conquer five oceans |
Jean-Jacques Savin, a former paratrooper, set off from El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday and is aiming to complete his 4,500km (2,800 miles) journey to the Caribbean in about three months. | Jean-Jacques Savin, a former paratrooper, set off from El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday and is aiming to complete his 4,500km (2,800 miles) journey to the Caribbean in about three months. |
Savin will drop markers from his three-metre (10ft) long, 2.1-metre wide resin-coated plywood capsule along the trip to assist oceanographers in their study of currents in the Atlantic Ocean. | Savin will drop markers from his three-metre (10ft) long, 2.1-metre wide resin-coated plywood capsule along the trip to assist oceanographers in their study of currents in the Atlantic Ocean. |
The barrel is equipped with a kitchen area and a mattress with straps to keep him from being tossed about by rough seas. | The barrel is equipped with a kitchen area and a mattress with straps to keep him from being tossed about by rough seas. |
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