Global Row Powered by Google
In case you didn’t already read about this on one of the Google blogs: Virgin and Google (amongst others) sponsor a one-person rowing trip around the South Pole.
Olly Hicks, the one that will row the dedicated boat from Tasmania to Tasmania (with a few months over-wintering in Argentina or the Sandwich Islands, depending on his progress), will face the harshest weather on earth in the Southern ocean.
The trip is as much tied to Google services as possible: a Blogger blog, Picasa image gallery, Google Maps route tracking,… And of course: a dedicated YouTube channel. The initial video gives a nice impression at how Olly will live for the next 18 to 22 months.
It will sure be a lonely trip!
(unless you ask him a question, that is)
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