Eugene Smurgis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugene Smurgis

Russian adventurer

Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1938

Place of Birth: Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1993

Profession: adventurer, ocean rower

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Eugene Smurgis (19 August 1938 – 15 November 1993) was a Russian Arctic marine explorer, ultra-long distance rower and Arctic rowing pioneer.
From 1967 to 1993 Eugene rowed a total of 48,000KM on oceans, seas and rivers; a distance longer than the circumference of the Earth and the greatest distance ever rowed by a solo ultra-endurance rower.
Most of his pioneering rows were completed in the Arctic in a primitive open boat with no cabin or crawl space.
He was the first recorded polar ocean rower, as the earlier Antarctic expedition by Ernest Shackleton predominantly relied on sails and used oars only to a marginal degree, therefore not meeting the criteria of ocean rowing.