A close encounter with a whale in the middle of the Atlantic was captured on video by a team of rowers.
It happened as Will Towning from Norwich, Greg and Elliot Collins from Buckinghamshire, and Chris Betts from Dorset, reached the midway point of their 3,000-mile (4,800km) World’s Toughest Row adventure.
They were surrounded by about five whales surfacing and diving alongside them, with the footage showing one of the mammals coming close to the side of the boat.
The men said they had feared the vessel could be struck, with Elliot Collins calling it “the most surreal moment” of his life.
