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Crew of six female ocean rowers

All-female ocean rowing team embarks on 2,000 mile challenge around Great Britain

June 1, 2023

A team of female ocean rowers will set off on a 2,000 mile rowing challenge around the entire coast of Great Britain on Sunday 4 June, and they’re aiming for a world record.  The crew of six includes a cyber security expert, an Army nurse, a mountaineer, a former international rugby player, a fitness instructor […]

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Image shows PhD student Laura Fantuzzi. She wears glasses and has short brown hair.

Pairing of sport and science is perfect opportunity for ocean-loving PhD student

May 15, 2023

A student with a passion for scuba diving and science has just started her dream PhD at the University of Portsmouth.  Laura Fantuzzi will spend the next three years analysing ocean pollution data collected by rowers during the GB Row Challenge, a 2,000-mile event that circumnavigates Great Britain’s coastline.  She said: “I’m excited to be […]

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Female ocean rower Emma Wolstenholme holding a rowing oar

Female ocean rower determined to complete toughest race after two failed attempts

May 4, 2023

A female ocean rower with an appetite for extreme adventure who has twice faced dramatic rescues on the high seas is hoping it’ll be third time lucky on her next challenge. Emma Wolstenholme, 40, is picking up her oars to race around Great Britain’s coastline in June. If her team succeeds, they’ll be the first […]

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Data collected by last year’s ocean rowers found record levels of microplastics pollution

April 19, 2023

The data collected last summer by teams competing in the GB Row Challenge has found microplastics pollution around Great Britain’s coastline up to 100 times worse than previously recorded. The significantly higher concentrations of microplastics than recorded on a national survey six years ago have been reported by scientists at the University of Portsmouth. Research […]

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Partnership with Harwin

April 15, 2022

GB Row is excited to announce a continued partnership with Harwin, whose engineers have been key to designing solutions to bring bespoke scientific onto ocean racing boats. Harwin are sponsoring two of the boats FOR GB ROW 2022, the first team is Albatross, and the second Sea Legs. The crew name, Albatross https://www.gbrowchallenge.com/the-teams/albatross , not […]

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Naturemetrics on-board

April 1, 2022

GB Row is excited to announce a partnership with world-leading environmental DNA (eDNA) company NatureMetrics to help our crews shed light on the amazing biodiversity that lives around our coastline. eDNA technology lets us discover what species live in the water by analysing the tiny traces of DNA they leave behind like fingerprints in the […]

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GB Row Environmental Data Will Help Scientists Understand Marine Pollution

March 27, 2022

Dr Fay Courceiro of the University of Portsmouth gives us an insight into the innovative research which will use GB Row’s environmental data  

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