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2017 Polar Row

As part of the 2017 Polar Row expedition, Longman rowed across the Arctic Ocean with teammates

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, Tyler Carnevale, Samuel Vie and Carlo Facchino. The 6-man team rowed from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the

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(79'55'500 N) and then onto

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. The Polar Row became the most record-breaking ocean row in history as well as the most record-breaking man-powered expedition. The wider expedition claimed over a dozen world records in total, with Longman being awarded 7 world records including being the first to row across the Greenland Sea" and reaching the northernmost latitude in a rowing vessel

2019 Lake District Swim Challenge

In August 2019, Longman set a new record for swimming the length of each of the 13 publicly-accessible lakes in the English

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(totalling ), while cycling between the lakes. Longman began the human-powered journey at the Southern end of

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with Tom Elliott. Three and a half days later, Longman completed

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, England's longest lake, completing the challenge in 78 hours. Unfortunately, Elliott failed to complete the challenge.

2021 Lake District Swim Challenge

Following George Taplin's new record time of 59 hours, set in 2020 (driving rather than cycling between the lakes), Longman attempted the challenge again in August 2021. Longman set a new record for the route, with a time of 41 hours and 7 minutes.

2022 Black Sea Row

In June 2022, Longman rowed 1200 km (745 mi) across the Black Sea with teammates

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, Alex Dumbrava and Roland Burr. The 4-man crew rowed from

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. The crew set a new world record for the fastest crossing of the

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, with a time of 9 days, 18 hours and 5 minutes

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