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Charles Wade Palmer & Hollie Bone

Brit soldier 'stalked' by huge shark in chilling 'Jaws moment' amid record-breaking row

A British soldier has described his own "Jaws moment" when he came face-to-face with an enormous shark which was stalking his rowing boat.

Jack Jarvis, 28, set off from Portugal in December to cover a world record-breaking 4,500 miles of sea across 111 days, before landing ashore in Miami, Florida.

The 59 Commando Regiment soldier from Southampton, Hampshire was completely alone with the exception of heart-stopping encounters with a shark and a boisterous blue marlin whale.

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