A team of adventurers fronted by celebrated sailor Pete Goss have become the first people to travel to the Arctic Circle on Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs).

The crews, which comprised seven men and one woman, made the journey as part of the GORE-TEX Arctic Challenge, battling rough seas and a ten-hour, 220-mile night crossing from Shetland to Maloy to complete the adventure.

The team took on the mammoth task in a bid to prove the capabilities of modern RIBs. They arrived in Svolvaer in the Lofoten Islands at 8pm on Sunday, having travelled 903 miles on water.

Mr Goss, who lives near Torpoint, said: "This has been a great trip where I have learned exactly what a RIB can do when put to the test.

"Thanks to a lovely group of people it has been extremely fun and Norway is breathtaking. As we came into Svolvaer we all felt immensely proud of our achievement and I truly hope it inspires others to get out onto the water and explore."

The challenge put the crew to the test, as well as the two 6.3m, Suzuki-powered Humber RIBs. On just the second day bad weather meant the longest leg of the journey – a ten-hour crossing from the Shetland Islands to Maloy in Norway – had to be delayed by eight hours and the crew were forced to make the marathon journey through the night.

After just a few hours' sleep, the next day proved just as tough, with rough seas making for a physically demanding run from Maloy to Ramsay.

The team included offshore adventurer Devon based Hugo Montgomery-Swan, Paul Lemmer, Mark Beeley and Telegraph journalist Bryony Gordon.