From The Sunday Read Archives: ‘Alone at Sea’

<p>For Aleksander Doba, pitting himself against the wide-open sea — storms, sunstroke, monotony, hunger and loneliness — was a way to feel alive in old age. Today, listen to the story of a man who paddled toward the existential crisis that is life and crossed the Atlantic alone in a kayak. Three times.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/world/europe/aleksander-doba-dead.html" target="_blank">Mr. Doba died</a> on Feb. 22 on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. He was 74.</p><p><i>This story was written by Elizabeth Weil and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times,<strong> </strong></i><a href="https://www.audm.com/?utm_source=nytmag&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=alone_at_sea" target="_blank"><i><strong>download Audm for iPhone or Android</strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i></p>