Oldest person to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters north to south

The oldest person to row the Arctic Ocean Open Waters north to south is Carlo Facchino (USA, b. 22 April 1975), who was 42 years 108 days old at the start of his row of 835 miles (1,344 km; 726 nautical miles) from Longyearbyen, Svalbard, to Jan Mayen Island in a team of six, completed in 13 days 17 hr 30 min between 8 and 21 August 2017 on board Polar Row.

The definition of "Rows on the Arctic Ocean Open Waters" applies only to pure rowing expeditions across major water basins above the Polar Circle from land to land, excluding any use of sail, paddling on kayaks or canoes, as well as rows around islands, within archipelagos and coastal rows, i.e., within the vicinity of land and with the possibility to get ashore.