The Impossible Row!

December 5, 2019 at 11:44 · Filed under charity, Edinburgh, media, news, photography, portraits, press photography, Public relations, scotland, sport, Uncategorized and tagged: @actiphwater, @discovery, Antarctica, Cape Horn, Discovery Channel, Drake Passage, expedition, Jamie Douglas-Hamilton, media, people, photography, portrait, pr, press photographer, press photographer edinburgh, press photographer glasgow, press photography, press portrait, rower, sport, The Impossible Row

As a professional photographer you get to meet and photograph some amazing people, yesterday was one of those days when I met Jamie Douglas-Hamilton who plans to row from Cape Horn in South America to mainland Antarctica across Drake Passage, considered the most dangerous ocean crossing in the world.

Noel Cowards Mad Dogs and Englishmen comes to mind!

The Impossible Row,  no one has rowed this far South before and crossed the Drake Passage by human power alone. Not only can seas reach up to 80 foot in the Southern Ocean but the crew will be rowing against the current. Jamie is the only British member of a team of six who will row in 90-minute shifts around the clock, with little to no sleep for 24 hours a day for around three weeks in cold to freezing conditions.

And over Christmas so no roast potatoes for Jamie!

As Jamie said “should be fun” …All the best to him and the rest of the team.

The expedition is being recorded by the Discovery Channel, which is sending the aptly named Braveheart vessel to follow the journey, however the boat will offer no support or supplies to the athletes. The expedition can be followed online with updates on Twitter at @actiphwater and @discovery.

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