An ex-policeman has started a 2,000 mile swim across the Atlantic today in a bid to become the first ever person to conquer an ocean.
Dad-of-one Ben Hooper, 38, set off from Dakar in Senegal, Africa, shortly after sunrise and hopes to reach Natal, Brazil by March 2017.
The Brit will burn up to 12,000 calories per day as he swims freestyle for up to ten hours a day - all the while battling up to seven-knot currents and 30ft-high waves.
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