{"id":35514,"date":"2026-08-10T01:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35514"},"modified":"2026-08-10T01:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:15:38","slug":"meet-the-man-circumnavigating-the-arctic-ocean-alone-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35514","title":{"rendered":"Meet the man circumnavigating the Arctic Ocean, alone : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-137967\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10; 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He hopes to be the first to circumnavigate the Arctic Circle alone.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Sailor Matt Rutherford at the helm of a sailboat. He hopes to be the first to circumnavigate the Arctic Circle alone.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Matt Rutherford\/Ocean Research Project<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Matt Rutherford\/Ocean Research Project<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When sailing alone, even sleep is dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Rutherford knows this all too well. As he travels the Arctic, far from his home port of Annapolis, Maryland, the moments Rutherford does get to rest are precious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It just becomes extremely difficult to get any sleep because if you hit the ice, you essentially die,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rutherford is attempting a maritime first: to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean completely alone, some 10,000 nautical miles in total. The 45-year-old veteran sailor&#8217;s journey takes him across the North Atlantic, along the Russian Arctic coast and eventually through the Northwest Passage in Canada.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5923345-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage152352311\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/05\/09\/152352311\/solo-sailing-the-americas-pushing-the-extremes\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/09\\\/152352311\\\/solo-sailing-the-americas-pushing-the-extremes&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2012\/05\/09\/matt2_sq-ab71baad7b4c76fd2f52d4412a5d10606aa6515b.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2012\/05\/09\/matt2_sq-ab71baad7b4c76fd2f52d4412a5d10606aa6515b.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2012\/05\/09\/matt2_sq-ab71baad7b4c76fd2f52d4412a5d10606aa6515b.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2012\/05\/09\/matt2_sq-ab71baad7b4c76fd2f52d4412a5d10606aa6515b.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2012\/05\/09\/matt2_sq-ab71baad7b4c76fd2f52d4412a5d10606aa6515b.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2012\/05\/09\/matt2_sq-ab71baad7b4c76fd2f52d4412a5d10606aa6515b.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2012\/05\/09\/matt2_sq-ab71baad7b4c76fd2f52d4412a5d10606aa6515b.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2012\/05\/09\/matt2_sq-ab71baad7b4c76fd2f52d4412a5d10606aa6515b.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Pushing The Limits: Solo-Sailing The Americas\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5923345-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with NPR&#8217;s Rob Schmitz, he said the level of risk will rise as he travels into seas with denser patches of ice, and with worsening conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s also going to get dark soon,&#8221; he said, speaking via Starlink connection from his 42-foot sailboat in the Barents Sea. &#8220;I got 24-hour daylight now. How do you see the ice in the dark?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rutherford&#8217;s boat is armed with some helpful tools: radar can spot the bigger chunks of ice, thermal binoculars help him avoid smaller ones \u2013 and he has a life raft if things take a turn for the worst.<\/p>\n<p>But the clock is ticking. 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No one has completed it unassisted.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                The route Rutherford plans to take is some 10,000 nautical miles long. No one has completed it unassisted.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Matt Rutherford\/Ocean Research Project<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Matt Rutherford\/Ocean Research Project<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yet for all this obvious danger, Rutherford is steadfast. His voyage, which began on June 25 on the western coast of Greenland, is partly driven by his love of exploration. It&#8217;s also meant as a fundraiser for his climate science nonprofit, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanresearchproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Ocean Research Project<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Normally I&#8217;m running a research schooner and we&#8217;re studying glaciers in Greenland. And this year, because there&#8217;s no funding \u2026 I&#8217;m doing a little side trip,&#8221; he joked.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<aside id=\"mid-story-recommendations-mount-piano\" class=\"mid-story-recommendations-mount-piano\" aria-label=\"recommended stories\"\/>\n<!-- END ID=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" CLASS=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" ARIA-LABEL=\"RECOMMENDED STORIES\" --><\/p>\n<p>The federal government has <a href=\"https:\/\/alaskapublic.org\/news\/politics\/2025-04-16\/arctic-research-faces-uneven-cuts-from-trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\"><u>slashed funding<\/u><\/a> for climate science over the past two years. With his &#8220;side trip,&#8221; Rutherford hopes to attract new donors to his arctic research group. The group&#8217;s vessel needs a new engine, among other repairs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5923345-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1152773508\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/02\/10\/1152773508\/golden-globe-race-sailing-circumnavigation\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/10\\\/1152773508\\\/golden-globe-race-sailing-circumnavigation&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/31\/52566538447_757bb22aee_b_sq-2dce309e2dae176888bd8e009577be71afe1dec8.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/31\/52566538447_757bb22aee_b_sq-2dce309e2dae176888bd8e009577be71afe1dec8.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/31\/52566538447_757bb22aee_b_sq-2dce309e2dae176888bd8e009577be71afe1dec8.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/31\/52566538447_757bb22aee_b_sq-2dce309e2dae176888bd8e009577be71afe1dec8.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/31\/52566538447_757bb22aee_b_sq-2dce309e2dae176888bd8e009577be71afe1dec8.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/31\/52566538447_757bb22aee_b_sq-2dce309e2dae176888bd8e009577be71afe1dec8.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/31\/52566538447_757bb22aee_b_sq-2dce309e2dae176888bd8e009577be71afe1dec8.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/01\/31\/52566538447_757bb22aee_b_sq-2dce309e2dae176888bd8e009577be71afe1dec8.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"This race is a nonstop sail around the world. Cassette tapes are allowed, but no GPS\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5923345-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Climate change, in some ways, has made Rutherford&#8217;s solo voyage more attainable. 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Rutherford sailed past the Nordic countries of Norway and Sweden just a few days ago, and crossed into waters controlled by the Russian government this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>That presents its own sets of challenges. Rutherford says he had to get a permit from the Russian government to allow a pleasure craft like his into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/publication\/new-russian-law-northern-sea-route-navigation-gathering-arctic-storm-or-tempest-teapot\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Northern Sea Route<\/u><\/a>, the path along Russia&#8217;s northern coast connecting the Barents Sea to the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Upon reaching the route, Rutherford has to check in with Moscow every day. 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