Sentences with phrase «first circumnavigation»

The new itinerary includes the line's first circumnavigation of South America on a world cruise, plus its biggest focus ever on Japan.
Reminiscent of Paul Greengrass» equally - speculative conclusion to United 93, the tension snowballs in the final moments aboard Earhart's Lockheed L - 10 Electra, and in the communications room of the USS Itasca, off the coast of Howland Island — their final refuel stop in what would have been the first circumnavigation by airplane.

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2005 recorded the incredible aviation exploits of Steve Fossett, who completed the first - ever solo circumnavigation of Earth without refueling on the Virgin Atlantic «Global Flyer.»
Enter the new Swiss Polar Institute and their first major programme — the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).
Surely that illustrious voyage, which more famously established Drake as the first captain to survive the circumnavigation of the world, has less to do with the popularity of «Pelican» as a symbol of haven for wayfarers than does the ancient heritage of coastal inns in England.
A magnificent vessel styled after the famous ship in which Joshua Slocum achieved the first solo circumnavigation of the globe in 1898.
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