Warsaw, Poland: A Polish grandfather on Sunday completed his third solo trans-Atlantic kayak crossing, arriving on the French coast 111 days after dipping his paddle into the waters off the US state of New Jersey.
"Hello! This is France, it's Aleksander Doba, and I officially took my first steps on dry land in Europe at 12:25", the bearded 70-year-old said in a video posted on his official Facebook page.
Doba started his third trans-Atlantic crossing on May 16th from Barnegat Bay, braving high seas and saying that he even "patted a shark" during his 4,150-mile (6,680-kilometre) journey across the north Atlantic.
A star in Poland, the gray-bearded Doba gained global attention when he was named a National Geographic adventurer of the year in 2015.
The first, between October 2010 and February 2011, took him from the Senegalese capital Dakar to the Brazilian city of Acarau.
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"Hello! This is France, it's Aleksander Doba, and I officially took my first steps on dry land in Europe at 12:25", the bearded 70-year-old said in a video posted on his official Facebook page.
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Doba started his third trans-Atlantic crossing on May 16th from Barnegat Bay, braving high seas and saying that he even "patted a shark" during his 4,150-mile (6,680-kilometre) journey across the north Atlantic.
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Aleksander Doba was named a National Geographic adventurer of the year in 2015. (AFP)
A star in Poland, the gray-bearded Doba gained global attention when he was named a National Geographic adventurer of the year in 2015.
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The first, between October 2010 and February 2011, took him from the Senegalese capital Dakar to the Brazilian city of Acarau.
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(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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