٠٠:٠٥:٣٠Mandatory credit: 00:00 - 01:18 - Alexey Loginov, Vice-president of the Russian Polar Explorers Association
Vice-president of Russian Association of Polar Explorers Alexey Loginov circumnavigated the globe on his motor-sailing yacht 'Elizaveta', completing the 2,200-day voyage over six years.
Footage taken between 2019 and 2023 shows the adventurer overcoming icy obstacles and sailing alongside dolphins and walruses. Video filmed on October 19 this year has Loginov discussing the journey in his cabin.
Alexey graduated from the Arctic Department of the Admiral Makarov Higher Naval Engineering School in St Petersburg. In Soviet times, he spent 10 years in the oceanic field, but after 'perestroika' - Soviet restructuring and efficiency reforms - he had to go into financial management.
However, his passion for sea travel remained and a few years ago Logino, together with some old friends, started sailing between islands.
"I was thinking it would be a good idea to find a boat and sail around the globe, as our great ancestors had done long ago. This thought was kicking around for a long time, and finally it shaped into an even more complicated idea: to take not just a round-the-world trip, but to make it a maximally complicated round-the-world trip under sail, i.e. through Antarctica and the Northern Sea Route. For these purposes, we needed a very specific boat with a thick steel hull, capable of withstanding serious ice pressure in case of anything, and capable of sailing across the ocean, taking into account all the specifics," he shared.
Alexey set aside a year or two for the entire extreme circumnavigation, but tremendous challenges came along the way and made it longer. In the summer of 2017 Loginov completed the first stage - from Krasnoyarsk to St. Petersburg. The navigators had to stay for two years in Russia's northern capital to upgrade 'Elizaveta' for heavy ocean routes.
After the downtime, Alexey sailed around Europe with a new crew, reached the shores of Brazil and sailed to Antarctica.
"At the beginning of 2020, we were already in the Pacific Ocean, came through the Drake Passage, reached Chile and there we had to interrupt our voyage for almost a year due to quarantine," said Loginov, on one of the most challenging years.
"All the island countries closed for quarantine and did not allow anyone from the outside world - no tourist ships, no cargo ships, no yachts - so we had serious problems with replenishing food, fresh water, fuel, but somehow, in general, we coped," he added.
In harsh Covid-19 conditions, the yacht travelled an exhausting route across the Pacific Ocean to Fiji, then it headed towards the Kuril Islands and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. It was only six years after the start that the crew was able to complete the journey in Krasnoyarsk.
"It's very satisfying to know that for so many people dreams came true, and they were able to participate, were able to navigate, were able to overcome their inner challenges and issues," he stressed.
More than 50 people 'would come and go' during the expedition, and only Alexey and his assistant Pavel Pavlov completed the full route. Once the gruelling round-the-world trip was over, Loginov began planning future routes on another vessel. He also wants to see 'Elizaveta' retired and in good hands, becoming a training vessel for young sailors.
'Dreams came true' - Russian sailor spends six years on round-the-world journey
Vice-president of Russian Association of Polar Explorers Alexey Loginov circumnavigated the globe on his motor-sailing yacht 'Elizaveta', completing the 2,200-day voyage over six years.
Footage taken between 2019 and 2023 shows the adventurer overcoming icy obstacles and sailing alongside dolphins and walruses. Video filmed on October 19 this year has Loginov discussing the journey in his cabin.
Alexey graduated from the Arctic Department of the Admiral Makarov Higher Naval Engineering School in St Petersburg. In Soviet times, he spent 10 years in the oceanic field, but after 'perestroika' - Soviet restructuring and efficiency reforms - he had to go into financial management.
However, his passion for sea travel remained and a few years ago Logino, together with some old friends, started sailing between islands.
"I was thinking it would be a good idea to find a boat and sail around the globe, as our great ancestors had done long ago. This thought was kicking around for a long time, and finally it shaped into an even more complicated idea: to take not just a round-the-world trip, but to make it a maximally complicated round-the-world trip under sail, i.e. through Antarctica and the Northern Sea Route. For these purposes, we needed a very specific boat with a thick steel hull, capable of withstanding serious ice pressure in case of anything, and capable of sailing across the ocean, taking into account all the specifics," he shared.
Alexey set aside a year or two for the entire extreme circumnavigation, but tremendous challenges came along the way and made it longer. In the summer of 2017 Loginov completed the first stage - from Krasnoyarsk to St. Petersburg. The navigators had to stay for two years in Russia's northern capital to upgrade 'Elizaveta' for heavy ocean routes.
After the downtime, Alexey sailed around Europe with a new crew, reached the shores of Brazil and sailed to Antarctica.
"At the beginning of 2020, we were already in the Pacific Ocean, came through the Drake Passage, reached Chile and there we had to interrupt our voyage for almost a year due to quarantine," said Loginov, on one of the most challenging years.
"All the island countries closed for quarantine and did not allow anyone from the outside world - no tourist ships, no cargo ships, no yachts - so we had serious problems with replenishing food, fresh water, fuel, but somehow, in general, we coped," he added.
In harsh Covid-19 conditions, the yacht travelled an exhausting route across the Pacific Ocean to Fiji, then it headed towards the Kuril Islands and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. It was only six years after the start that the crew was able to complete the journey in Krasnoyarsk.
"It's very satisfying to know that for so many people dreams came true, and they were able to participate, were able to navigate, were able to overcome their inner challenges and issues," he stressed.
More than 50 people 'would come and go' during the expedition, and only Alexey and his assistant Pavel Pavlov completed the full route. Once the gruelling round-the-world trip was over, Loginov began planning future routes on another vessel. He also wants to see 'Elizaveta' retired and in good hands, becoming a training vessel for young sailors.
Mandatory credit: 00:00 - 01:18 - Alexey Loginov, Vice-president of the Russian Polar Explorers Association
Vice-president of Russian Association of Polar Explorers Alexey Loginov circumnavigated the globe on his motor-sailing yacht 'Elizaveta', completing the 2,200-day voyage over six years.
Footage taken between 2019 and 2023 shows the adventurer overcoming icy obstacles and sailing alongside dolphins and walruses. Video filmed on October 19 this year has Loginov discussing the journey in his cabin.
Alexey graduated from the Arctic Department of the Admiral Makarov Higher Naval Engineering School in St Petersburg. In Soviet times, he spent 10 years in the oceanic field, but after 'perestroika' - Soviet restructuring and efficiency reforms - he had to go into financial management.
However, his passion for sea travel remained and a few years ago Logino, together with some old friends, started sailing between islands.
"I was thinking it would be a good idea to find a boat and sail around the globe, as our great ancestors had done long ago. This thought was kicking around for a long time, and finally it shaped into an even more complicated idea: to take not just a round-the-world trip, but to make it a maximally complicated round-the-world trip under sail, i.e. through Antarctica and the Northern Sea Route. For these purposes, we needed a very specific boat with a thick steel hull, capable of withstanding serious ice pressure in case of anything, and capable of sailing across the ocean, taking into account all the specifics," he shared.
Alexey set aside a year or two for the entire extreme circumnavigation, but tremendous challenges came along the way and made it longer. In the summer of 2017 Loginov completed the first stage - from Krasnoyarsk to St. Petersburg. The navigators had to stay for two years in Russia's northern capital to upgrade 'Elizaveta' for heavy ocean routes.
After the downtime, Alexey sailed around Europe with a new crew, reached the shores of Brazil and sailed to Antarctica.
"At the beginning of 2020, we were already in the Pacific Ocean, came through the Drake Passage, reached Chile and there we had to interrupt our voyage for almost a year due to quarantine," said Loginov, on one of the most challenging years.
"All the island countries closed for quarantine and did not allow anyone from the outside world - no tourist ships, no cargo ships, no yachts - so we had serious problems with replenishing food, fresh water, fuel, but somehow, in general, we coped," he added.
In harsh Covid-19 conditions, the yacht travelled an exhausting route across the Pacific Ocean to Fiji, then it headed towards the Kuril Islands and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. It was only six years after the start that the crew was able to complete the journey in Krasnoyarsk.
"It's very satisfying to know that for so many people dreams came true, and they were able to participate, were able to navigate, were able to overcome their inner challenges and issues," he stressed.
More than 50 people 'would come and go' during the expedition, and only Alexey and his assistant Pavel Pavlov completed the full route. Once the gruelling round-the-world trip was over, Loginov began planning future routes on another vessel. He also wants to see 'Elizaveta' retired and in good hands, becoming a training vessel for young sailors.