Overview

• A crew of Jimmy Graham, Andrew Tropp, Hannah Huppi and John Huppi rowed 584 nautical miles across the Arctic Ocean in just over 10 days, smashing the previous four-person mark of 15 days, 5 hours and 32 minutes.
• The expedition became the first mixed-gender and first all-American team to row a polar ocean, with Graham the first Black person and Huppi the first American woman to complete such a journey.
• After departing Tromsø on July 4, the team battled nonstop rain, freezing winds and electronics outages before reaching Longyearbyen on July 14.
• Graham’s transition from the NFL included 18 months of specialized training and consultations with the New Orleans Saints to prepare for the extreme endurance challenge.
• Their dollar-per-meter pledge has driven donations toward a $1 million goal for Covenant House New Orleans and Laureus Sport for Good New Orleans, with funds still coming in.