"To circumnavigate the globe" means to travel all the way around the Earth, exploring different countries and continents, and ultimately ending up back at the starting point.
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Three years after Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
circumnavigated the globe on their motorcycles in the series Long Way Round, the long time friends are taking to the road again.
Directed by James Marsh, the film is based on the true story of Donald Crowhurst's disastrous attempt to become the first person in history to single -
handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping while competing in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race.
Following his Academy Award ® winning film The Theory of Everything, James Marsh directs the incredible true story of Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth, The King's Speech, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Railway Man), an amateur sailor who competed in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single - handedly
circumnavigate the globe without stopping.
In her wildly inventive debut novel, Naomi J. Williams reimagines the historical La Pérouse expedition, a voyage of exploration that left Brest in 1785 with two frigates, two hundred men, and overblown Enlightenment ideals and expectations, in a brave attempt to
circumnavigate the globe for science and the glory of France.
The largest fish species in the world's oceans, whale sharks spend the
year circumnavigating the globe in search of juvenile fish and spawn on which to feed.
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Stewart circumnavigates the globe, distilling the systemic education success strategies of top countries into a compelling and practical guide for discussion.
Upon completion, We The People is unlikely to ever come together as one, but instead will continue to
circumnavigate the globe for long into the future while gradually being acquired into public and private collections worldwide.
Although whale
sharks circumnavigate the globe every year, it is only in the waters around Gladden Spit off the coast of Placencia in Belize that divers can get the rare chance to interact and photograph these magnificent animals.
Reclaiming the ancient, once - vital art of navigation excites historical and cultural curiosities, while proving that it's possible to
circumnavigate the globe without the aid of fossil fuels (a.k.a. slow travel) is inspiring to environmentalists and scientists alike.
Within a hundred years after Columbus brought them to Spain, chile peppers had
circumnavigated the globe and spiced up numerous regional cuisines.
So a certain poetic justice was served when he found himself logging enough playoff miles to
circumnavigate the globe.
Even as America tightens emission standards, the fast - growing economies of Asia are filling the air with hazardous components that
circumnavigate the globe.
Next spring, the team will be seeking out new talent to help design the next model, intended to
circumnavigate the globe, powered by nothing but sunshine.
In a matter of weeks, the molecules in any given volume of air will
circumnavigate the globe.
The PlanetSolar catamaran will
circumnavigate the globe in 120 days running on nothing but the sun's energy
Jeanne Baret, the first woman to
circumnavigate the globe, was likely the first Westerner to identify the plant.
The West Coast can rely on a steady stream of dust particles from Africa and Asia — it takes between seven and 10 days for the dust to cross the Pacific Ocean, Prather added, and dust can
circumnavigate the globe in a matter of weeks — but what the western United States has been missing during this drought is the other main part of the equation: clouds that the dust can seed.
She circumnavigated the globe again starting in 2009, with a crew that included her 12 - year - old son and 14 - year - old daughter.
After touching down at the helipad, he sprinted to the cavernous hangar and swung open its blue door to find the splintered remains of a critical piece of his latest engineering endeavor: part of the 236 - foot - long carbon fiber wing of a solar plane designed to
circumnavigate the globe.
LONDON, United Kingdom — After making yachting history in 2005, becoming the fastest solo sailor to
circumnavigate the globe, Dame Ellen MacArthur turned her attention to launching her foundation, which works with education, business and government enterprises to educate and support the transition to a regenerative circular economy.
For those of us more likely to spend our summer navigating the subway than
circumnavigating the globe, the takeaway is an uncompli - cated playfulness that can easily be translated to makeup — a pop of bright lipstick here, a slash of vibrant eyeliner there, and maybe a dash of self - tanner.
I have been in the Navy for 9 years and have
circumnavigated the globe.
Come along with Chef Michael Smith on his latest culinary adventure, as
he circumnavigates the globe, meeting fascinating people doing amazing things with food, in unique and unusual places.
In the summer of 1937, famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart journeys into history in her attempt to become the first woman to
circumnavigate the globe.
Maidentrip (Unrated) Seafaring documentary recounting 14 year - old, Dutch girl Laura Dekker's 2010 attempt to become the youngest person to
circumnavigate the globe by boat alone.
This sets Fogg, a man responsible for such creations as a sound - response light system, off to
circumnavigate the globe and see the places he never has.
SYNOPSIS: When amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth) decides that there must be more to life than failed entrepreneurial endeavors, he sets out on a solo mission to
circumnavigate the globe, against the wishes of his -LSB-...]
The Mercy review: James Marsh directs Colin Firth as Donald Crowhurst in this true story of his solo attempt to
circumnavigate the globe.
Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg bets his friends that he can
circumnavigate the globe in just 80 days, and sets out by boat, train, balloon and bicycle to do so.
at each port - of - call as
he circumnavigates the globe.
In the 1940s and «50s a pair of intrepid Czech adventurers used a series of Tatra vehicles to
circumnavigate the globe.