Crossing the Baltic Sea on a paddle board without sleep
Needing a goal to train for during the summer months, professional cross-country skier Jonas Böhlmark embarked on a nautical journey never before attempted: crossing the Baltic Sea non-stop on a stand-up paddle board.
The 29-year-old’s 280-kilometre voyage from Stockholm to Åbo in Finland took 43 hours and was achieved without sleep.
Böhlmark kept himself fueled on crisps and fizzy drinks every hour given by friends following by boat.
“I told myself to paddle, paddle, paddle, survive, survive, survive. It was a horrible trip, it was dark for five hours at night and you don’t see anything,” he tells Radio Sweden.
Click on the play button below to hear Böhlmark’s story.
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Canada: A film shows how Canadian Indigenous paddled over 500 km in a handmade mooseskin boat, CBC News
Denmark: Who is allowed into Denmark from Sweden right now?, Radio Sweden
Finland: Ice fishing World Championships latest in Finnish series of odd sports events, Yle News
Greenland: Greenland adds new incentive to promote domestic tourism as international travel craters, Eye on the Arctic
Iceland: Iceland walks back lifting of COVID-19 restrictions after infection uptick in travellers, Eye on the Arctic
Norway: Norwegian Arctic wilderness tourism hit particularly hard by coronavirus, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: All Russia’s North Pole cruises rescheduled to 2021, Eye on the Arctic
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