28-year-old Ella Hibbert is the first British woman to sail solo through the Northwest Passage during her Arctic circumnavigationElla Hibbert has joined an elite group of sailors who have successfully sailed solo through the Northwest Passage. The 28-year-old RYA Yachtmaster Instructor and PADI divemaster is the first British woman to sail the route single-handed as part of her attempt to solo circumnavigate the Arctic Circle. Previous solo sailors to achieve the feat include David Scott Cowper and Germany’s Susanne Huber-Curphey, the first woman to navigate the Northwest Passage single-handed. “Yeva and I are behind schedule, from equipment failures in Greenland, to battling weather and ice through the Northwest Passage, to my unfortunate running aground, we are late,” said Ella Hibbert. Want to read more articles like Ella Hibbert: first British woman to sail the Northwest Passage solo?