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201768 minGdocumentary

Touched by the Ocean

201768 minGdocumentary

Kārlis Bardelis and Gints Barkovskis attempt to row 5,000 kilometers from Luderitz, Namibia, to Rio das Ostras, Brazil, with no prior ocean rowing experience.

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Sandijs Semjonovs,

Laura Rožkalne-Ozola

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Kārlis Bardelis and Gints Barkovskis attempt to row 5,000 kilometers from Luderitz, Namibia, to Rio das Ostras, Brazil, with no prior ocean rowing experience.

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Sandijs Semjonovs

Sandijs Semjonovsdirector

Laura Rožkalne-Ozoladirector

Gints Barkovskiscast

Kārlis Bardelis

Kārlis Bardeliscast

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Kārlis Bardelis and Gints Barkovskis (Latvia), have a plan to row from Luderitz, Namibia, to Rio das Ostras, Brazil. They have no ocean rowing experience, they've only got a second-hand rowboat and a big dream.

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