- Who
- Fiann Paul, Colin O'Brady, Andrew Towne, Jamie Douglas-Hamilton, Cameron Bellamy, John Petersen
- What
- first first
- Where
- Antarctica ()
- When
The first row to the Antarctic Continent is by captain Fiann Paul (Iceland), first mate Colin O’Brady, Andrew Towne, John Petersen (all USA), Jamie Douglas Hamilton (UK) and Cameron Bellamy (South Africa) who rowed 604 miles (525 nautical miles, 972 km), from Cape Horn, Chile to Charles Point, mainland Antarctic Peninsula between 13 and 25 December 2019 on board Ohana.
This first human-propelled expedition to Antarctica, coincided with 2 major anniversaries, the first sighting of the Antarctic continent by Bellingshausen, taking place exactly 200 winters ago and the voyage of Magellan 500 years ago. Bellingshausen launched his expedition on July 4th, 1819, from Russia and discovered the sixth continent on January 28th, 1820, the route which the Ohana crew crossed on December 24th, 2019. The row also marked the first completion of the Ocean Explorers Grand Slam by Fiann Paul, resonating with the echo of giants like Magellan who pioneered the first attempt to connect the world's oceans exactly 500 years ago.
Captain Fiann Paul commented that prior to this expedition Antarctica was a Terra Australis Incognita to human-power endeavours just like it was to cartographers prior to Bellingshausen.