After six months paddling 5,800km (3,600 miles) across sea, lakes and rivers in a kayak from northern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, Mark Fuhrmann has only 4,300km or so remaining to achieve a full journey’s loop.

Halfway through a solo adventure to raise €100,000 ($106,000) for charities Doctors Without Borders and Captains Without Borders, the maritime public relations executive decided a break was in order to recharge over the festive period.