Combining navigation and education
In the long reach of human exploration few challenges have so captivated the mind of man as circumnavigation of the earth. Since Magellan’s crew first circled the globe in 1522 (he himself died en route in the Philippines) the feat has been accomplished in many ways – by way of the oceans, by air, by land-and-sea combined – but never via the great rivers and lakes of the world.
"It’s our hope that the programme will inspire lasting cultural interchange among the schools.”
Now a 33-year-old Englishman, Alexander Stannus, will set out on a 54,000-kilometre odyssey by inflatable rubber boat along the inland waterways of five continents, to achieve a goal that has eluded countless explorers and navigators of the past.
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Mr Alexander Stannus
Berrydown Cottage
Gidleigh
Chagford
Newton Abbot
Devon TQ13 8SH
United Kingdom
