I won two Olympic gold medals before getting stranded on a remote island… now I’m making my own way in new...

BRITISH rower Alexy Gregory was stranded on an Arctic island as his Polar Row team attempted a 1200-mile voyage.

But after enduring freezing conditions and constantly getting drenched they were forced to land on the tiny island of Jan Mayen, just 340 miles from their final destination in Iceland.Icelandic athlete Fiann Paul led the team and also featured Britons Sam Vye and Danny Longman, and Americans Tyler Carnevale and Carlo Facchino.

"My three young children need their dad, they need him to be responsible and to make the right decisions in life. It is understood that Gregory and the stranded crew are being looked after by an 18-strong Norwegian military contingent based there.

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