circumnavigation

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Starting and ending in Seattle, eight pilots and mechanics battled tumultuous weather, illness, fatigue and mechanical malfunctions during their aerial circumnavigation of the globe.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

A retired navy officer, Mr Williams has spent his life traversing the ocean - including a recent single-handed circumnavigation of the globe - much of it with a feline companion by his side.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023

Flinders joined the navy aged 15 and he made several coastal explorations of Australia, completing the circumnavigation in 1803.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2023

He flew to space last summer on a mission by Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket company and holds a record for the fastest circumnavigation of Earth via both the geographic poles by plane.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Perhaps they are pleased by the way the piece went, or perhaps it is celebration at hearing one’s own song returning after circumnavigation; whatever, it has the look of jubilation.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas