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Sailor circumnavigating the Arctic forced to go home

NPR | By Henry Larson
Published August 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM EDT

Matt Rutherford set out to be the first person to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean solo. He says he was force to abandon the journey after the Russian government turned him around.

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