Colin Angus (explorer)

Colin Angus (explorer)

Colin Angus is a Canadian author and adventurer who is the first person to make a self-propelled global circumnavigation. Due to varying definitions of the term "circumnavigation," debate has arisen as to whether or not the route travelled fulfilled the strictest criteria (for further discussion, see World Circumnavigation). As part of the circumnavigation, Angus and his then fiancé Julie Wafaei made the first rowboat crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from mainland Europe to mainland North America, and Wafaei became the first Canadian woman to row across any ocean.

Other expeditions Angus has completed include the first descent of the Yenisei River (the world's fifth longest river) and a complete descent of the Amazon River from source to sea.

Colin Angus has written four books: Lost in Mongolia (2003), Amazon Extreme (2004), Beyond the Horizon (2007), and Rowed Trip (2009). He has co-produced two films for National Geographic Television. Outside Magazine included Colin Angus in a compilation of 25 people changing the world in its December 2005 issue.