The Challenge
In the fall of 2017, a lone sailor will depart San Francisco for a first-ever circumnavigation of both the American and Antarctic continents in one season. The route will pass through all of the world’s oceans, approach both poles, and round Cape Horn twice. No one has done this before—no one has even tried.
The Figure 8 Voyage combines two historic routes, a circuit of the Southern Ocean and a transit of the Northwest Passage.
Two Treacherous Routes
This voyage combines two historic and dangerous routes, one in the deep Southern Ocean and one through the Arctic.
Ferdinand Magellan, the first ever to circle the globe, departed in 1519 with six ships and 270 men.
His voyage via Cape Horn took 16 months to complete. Only one ship returned..
Four Oceans, Three Continents, Two Circumnavigations. 40,000 miles. One Year. Alone.
Want to know more about Randall and the Figure 8 Voyage? Read about all his travels at www.figure8voyage.com