Chinese sailor Guo Chuan will lead an international crew in an attempt to sail across the northeast sea route of the Arctic Ocean from the northwest Russian port city of Murmansk on Thursday, as was announced at a press conference on Tuesday.
The voyage, in which the crew will sail aboard the trimaran named Qingdao, China, will last for about two weeks and finish at the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia.
Guo, who is the current world solo non-stop circumnavigation record holder in a Class 40 monohull, said he will brave the coldest ocean and after accomplishing the challenge will return to his hometown Qingdao of east China's Shandong Province in early October.
Guo said the trimaran he and his crew will use is totally wind powered and aims to increase the public's awareness of protecting the environment as world temperatures rise and Arctic sea ice melts.
"The boat is completely environmentally-friendly and wind powered. So as you saw, the officials of the Russia's Northern Sea Route Administration were astonished after knowing we will sail by using the wind only," said Guo.
Guo, who will sail with six other sailors from four countries, will try to create a new record of continuous maximal sailing on the northeast sea route of the Arctic Ocean.
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