James Ketchell’s ‘Round the World’

On the 27th July 2025, adventurer and NOC ambassador James Ketchell will set sail from Gosport on a journey ‘Round the World’ as he bids to become the first person to circumnavigate the earth by land, air and sea.

Along the way James will be visiting schools in a number of different continents, educating children about the importance of our ocean and helping them understand what they can do to protect it. James’ journey will cover over thirty thousand nautical miles and will last nearly 10 months, as he travels through a number of major seas. In his support of ocean science James will launch an ARGO float which will contribute to a global ocean data network, and he will collect vital plastics samples to support NOC’s 5-year ocean plastic project with our partners Beyondly.

For a full itinerary of James’ journey see this map:

Follow James on social media by following NOC across all major social media channels and James Ketchell on Instagram. You can also follow James’ live location on the map below:

More about James Ketchell

James Ketchell is a record-breaking aviator, adventurer, and motivational speaker. On 1 February 2014, James became the first and only person to have rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, successfully summited Mount Everest and cycled 18,000 miles around the world, in what the media dubbed ‘The Ultimate Triathlon’. More recently in 2019 he flew his open cockpit gyroplane over 24,000 nautical miles around the world, in 175 days setting a Guinness World Record. The mission was to inspire a million young people to pursue their own goals and dreams.