{"id":14378,"date":"2021-07-16T09:10:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T09:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/travel-safety-magazine\/?p=14378"},"modified":"2024-05-03T13:07:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T13:07:49","slug":"torbjorn-c-pedersen-thor-is-a-danish-adventurer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/torbjorn-c-pedersen-thor-is-a-danish-adventurer\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving an INSANE four-day storm while crossing the Atlantic by container ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approx read: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h3 id=\"torbj\u00f8rn-c-pedersen---better-\">Torbj\u00f8rn C. Pedersen &#8211; better known as Thor &#8211; is a Danish adventurer on a record-breaking mission to visit every country on Earth without flying.<\/h3>\n<p>His journey so far has racked up 194 countries, travelling predominantly using public transport and crossing oceans by hitching rides on container ships.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to When it hits the fan podcast about one particularly stomach-churning journey from Iceland to Canada in the winter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Surviving an INSANE 4-day storm while crossing the Atlantic by container ship | Thor\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7hqr9RBgohI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/travel-safety-magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/travel-safety-magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13.jpg\" alt=\"Torbj\u00f8rn C. Pedersen Ship storm\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13-696x519.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13-564x420.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14386\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/travel-safety-magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Badge-Sitcker-White.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14386 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/travel-safety-magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Badge-Sitcker-White.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Badge-Sitcker-White.jpg 970w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Badge-Sitcker-White-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Badge-Sitcker-White-768x693.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Badge-Sitcker-White-696x628.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Badge-Sitcker-White-466x420.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Once Upon A Saga &#8211; Torbj\u00f8rn C. Pedersen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"around-the-world-in-not-quite-\" class=\"entry-title td-module-title\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" title=\"Around the world in (not-quite) 80 ways with Torbj\u00f8rn C. Pedersen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/travel-safety-magazine\/around-the-world-in-80-ways-torbjorn-c-pedersen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\">Around the world in (not-quite) 80 ways with Torbj\u00f8rn C. Pedersen<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"favourite-travel-experience-|t\" class=\"entry-title td-module-title\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" title=\"Favourite travel experience |Torbj\u00f8rn C. Pedersen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/travel-safety-magazine\/favourite-travel-experience-torbjorn-c-pedersen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\">Favourite travel experience |Torbj\u00f8rn C. Pedersen<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"thor's-website:-https:\/\/wwwonc\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Thor&#8217;s website: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onceuponasaga.dk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">https:\/\/www.onceuponasaga.dk\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torbj\u00f8rn C. Pedersen &#8211; better known as Thor &#8211; is a Danish adventurer on a record-breaking mission to visit every country on Earth without flying. His journey so far has racked up 194 countries, travelling predominantly using public transport and crossing oceans by hitching rides on container ships. 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