Amyr Klink

Career Amyr Klink was the first person to row across the South Atlantic, leaving from Lüderitz, Namibia on 10 June 1984 and arriving 100 days later in Camaçari, Brazil, on 18 September 1984. He embarked on this journey without telling his father. The 2026 biographical film 100 Dias was directed by Carlos Saldanha, and written by Elena Soarez.

Klink has written seven books about his voyages, including Between Two Poles about his trip from Antarctica to the Arctic Pole, starting in 1989 and taking 642 days. He was credited as the first to take the shortest and most dangerous route around Antarctica.