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大象传媒
Wales scores first Atlantic live chat
 大象传媒
Wales is mounting one of its most ambitious broadcasting projects
to date - following four men as they attempt to smash the record
for rowing across the Atlantic.
Today the four - including Welshman Rob Munslow from Monmouth -
will be taking part in the first ever internet live chat from the
middle of the Atlantic.
大象传媒 Wales installed satellite link equipment on their boat - the
Skandia Atlantic Spirit - so they could be tracked every part of
the way.
Since the intrepid voyagers set off from Newfoundland on Tuesday
night their progress has been monitored on the official 大象传媒 Wales
website for the Row at
And the link allows for live inserts on 大象传媒 Radio Wales programmes.
The group has already had their share of adventures. Already an
oar has broken and Rob Munslow - the baby of the group at 24 - has
fallen overboard in rough weather and had to be rescued.
 The
four, who are sending back a diary to 大象传媒 Wales for use on the website
every day, will be ready to take questions about their voyage, their
hopes and their weariness from 7pm today.
Their aim is to row the 2,100 miles to Falmouth in Cornwall in just
35 days - shaving an incredible 21 days off the current record set
as long ago as 1896.
And the feat could mean a marvellous British achievement to mark
the Queen's Golden Jubilee, almost 50 years after Hillary and Tensing
celebrated Queen Elizabeth's Coronation by reaching the summit of
Everest.
Besides the interactive element, 大象传媒 Wales has been filming with
the crew for a documentary to be screened later in the year.
Rob Munslow has already been keeping in touch with pupils from his
old school, Monmouth, via the satellite links.
His fellow adventurers are team leader Mark Stubbs from Poole in
Dorset, where the crew has been training, and who will be keeping
a video diary for 大象传媒 Wales of the voyage, Nigel Morris from Teesside
and George Rock, also from Teesside.
大象传媒 Wales has set up the definitive guide to the rowing record attempt
- one of the most ambitious and challenging websites it has created
- at
The site contains biographies of the men and their mission, interviews
with them and a guide to their specially designed boat, the Skandia
Atlantic Spirit.
The satellite technology 大象传媒 Wales has installed allows users to
track every metre of their voyage as they travel.
Note to Editors
Information contained in the 大象传媒 Ocean Row website is available
for use by all media, provided accreditation is given for the website
at
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