(XINHUA)

Sailor Guo Chuan made it back home on April 5 to become the first Chinese to successfully circumnavigate the globe solo by sea.

Aboard his Class 40 yacht, 48-year-old Guo traveled about 21,600 nautical miles in 138 days before he returned to his hometown Qingdao, where he set off on November 18 last year.

Guo navigated his yacht across the Pacific Ocean and then down to Cape Horn off the coast of South America before crossing into the Atlantic. Additionally , he is the first Chinese national to traverse the Atlantic Ocean by himself as well as take part in the Volvo Around-The-World race.

He received a master's degree in aircraft control from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, subsequently working on China's commercial satellite launch projects.