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IF SHE CAN DO IT ON A ROW BOAT, ANY WHALER WILL DO JUST FINE

STORY: British adventurer Sarah Outen arrived in Adak, Alaska on Monday (September 23) after completing her solitary trip across the Pacific Ocean by rowboat from Japan.

In pictures released on Outen's website, which Reuters cannot independently verify, Outen is seen arriving at the Aleution Islands in Adak and being greeted by people congratulating her on her journey.

This was Outen's second attempt to cross the Pacific. The 28-year-old first attempted to make the trek in June, 2012, but her trip was cut short after 26 days at sea when her boat was irreparably damaged in Tropical Storm Mawar.

She was rescued by the Japanese coast guards and returned to the United Kingdom.

For her second attempt, Outen got a new boat, named "Happy Socks," which was fitted with several improvements to prevent any repeats of the problems she faced the first time.

Outen's trans-Pacific row comes as part of her London2London project, in which she hopes to travel 17,700 kilometers (11,000 miles) around the world solely under human power, using a bicycle, a kayak and a rowboat.

She already holds a Guinness World Record for her solo row across the Indian Ocean in 2009.