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{{Short description|Adventurer goal to complete open-water crossings on all five oceans using human-powered vessel}}
[[File:World_ocean_map_5_oceans.gif|thumb|Ocean boundaries following the 5 oceans model.]]

The '''Ocean Explorers Grand Slam''' is an adventurer goal to complete open-water crossings on all five oceans using human-powered vessel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=First person to achieve the Ocean Explorers Grand Slam (row on 5 oceans)|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/616008-first-person-to-achieve-the-ocean-explorers-grand-slam-row-on-5-oceans|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-02}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/12/impossible-row-team-achieve-first-ever-row-across-the-drake-passage-604720|title=Impossible Row team achieve first ever row across the Drake Passage|date=2019-12-27|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oceanrowing.com/statistics/ocean_explorers_grand_slam.htm|title=Ocean Explorers Grand Slam|website=www.oceanrowing.com|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/extreme-sports/article/3046499/impossible-row-colin-obrady-part-elite-teams-world|title='10 days feels like a month': team rows to Antarctica|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marineindustrynews.co.uk/impossible-row-totally-possible/|title=Impossible Row totally possible|date=2020-01-08|website=Marine Industry News|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discovery.com/profiles/fiann-paul|title=Fiann Paul|website=Discovery|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Fiann_Paul,_Alex_Gregory,_Carlo_Facchino,_Arctic_Ocean_Rowing,_Northernmost_latitude.jpg|thumb|Fiann Paul, Alex Gregory, Carlo Facchino, Arctic Ocean Rowing]]

In 2019, Icelandic explorer Fiann Paul [[Engineering:Sea captain|led]] the first human-powered transit (by rowing) across the Drake Passage (The Impossible Row)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/604715-first-row-across-the-drake-passage|title=First row across the Drake Passage|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Colin O'Brady, Reality TV and Rowing to Antarctica|url=https://explorersweb.com/2020/05/28/colin-obrady-reality-tv-and-rowing-to-antarctica/|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Explorersweb}}</ref> and, in doing so, he completed the row on his fifth ocean, and became the first person to achieve the Ocean Explorers Grand Slam.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/the-impossible-row-historic-first-row-the-southern-ocean|title='The Impossible Row'. Historic first row of the Southern Ocean|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forseti.is/fréttir/2020-01-13-fiann-paul/|title=Fiann Paul|website=Forseti.is|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/holiday-news-roundup-0|title=Holiday news roundup|last=alexandere|date=2020-01-02|website=RÚV|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2019/12/21/jol_i_greipum_aegis/|title=Jól í greipum Ægis|website=www.mbl.is|language=is|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2019/11/16/aetla_ad_roa_til_sudurskautslandsins/|title=Ætla að róa til Suðurskautslandsins|website=www.mbl.is|language=is|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> The Ocean Explorers Grand Slam was defined by Guinness World Records adjudicators as completing open-water crossings on [[Earth:Ocean#Oceanic divisions|all five oceans]] using [[Engineering:Human-powered watercraft|human-powered vessels]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Fiann achieved the title with his completed crossings on the following oceans: [[Earth:Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] (date of completion: 2011), [[Earth:Indian Ocean|Indian]] (2014), [[Earth:Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] (2016), [[Earth:Arctic Ocean|Arctic]] (2017), and [[Earth:Southern Ocean|Southern]] (2019). Completion of this quest took him 9 years.<ref name=":1" /> 

The definition "Rows on the [[Earth:Polar regions of Earth|Polar]] Open Waters" applies only to pure rowing expeditions across major water basins above the Polar Circle in the Arctic or within the actual boundaries of the Southern Ocean, 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 vicinity of land and possibility to get ashore.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/521524-first-row-of-the-arctic-ocean-open-waters-in-both-directions|title=First row of the Arctic Ocean Open Waters in two directions|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref>

The definition "Ocean Crossing on the Polar Open Waters" applies to pure human-powered expeditions across major water basins above the Polar Circle in the Arctic or within the actual boundaries of the Southern Ocean, from land to land, excluding any use of sail as well as the expeditions around islands, within archipelagos and coastal routes, i.e. within vicinity of land and possibility to get ashore.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Most Polar Open Water rows completed by a rower|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/615689-most-polar-open-water-rows-completed-by-a-rower|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-02}}</ref>

== People who completed the quest ==
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# {{flagicon|Iceland}} Fiann Paul
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== See also ==
* Explorers Grand Slam
* Five Deeps Expedition
* Grand Slam (golf)
* Grand Slam (tennis)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.oceanrowing.com/statistics/ocean_explorers_grand_slam.htm Ocean Explorers Grand Slam title holders list]

[[Category:Oceans]]

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