On the 22 September 2024, 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 from 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 that will last nearly 10 months, as he travels through a number of major seas. For a full itinerary of James’ journey see this map:
![James Ketchell’s itinerary map](/files/images/about/COMMS1553 JAMES KETCHELL OCEAN ODYSSEY - 01 JOURNEY OVERVIEW V2.jpg)
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More about James
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.