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Barry Werner

Saints TE Jimmy Graham part of rowing event across Arctic Ocean in 2025

New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham is going to be involved in quite the challenging endeavor in 2025.

Graham will take part in The Arctic Challenge. His role on the team will be as lead navigator.

Per Neworleanssaints.com:

Graham will be one of four rowers united by a passion for adventure. He will be joined by former Navy SEAL Andrew Tropp, who will serve as captain for the mission, former member of Team USA’s rowing team and a New Orleans native Hannah Huppi, who will serve as project manager, and former rower for Team USA and Team Switzerland John Huppi, who will serve as equipment manager.

Per TheArcticChallenge.com:

The team will start their journey in Tromsø, Norway. They will row 1,000 Kilometers across the Arctic open ocean, landing in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.

With 18 months of preparation and training under their belt, the team will push away from land in July 2025. The journey is expected to take between 10-20 days

The team will row non-stop in 9 meter ocean rowing boat, alternating in 2 hour shifts, 24 hours a day. They will bring all supplies on-board, rowing completely unsupported.

Jimmy Graham is part of a 4 member team that will row across the Arctic Ocean for 15 days non stop 🤯in July 2025 for a good cause 👏 https://t.co/B65mJc2zHX pic.twitter.com/FMOBk95mH9

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