A trimaran skippered by China's Guo Chuan crossed the starting line on Thursday and set out on a journey of about 3300 nautical miles.
Guo Chuan is attempting to cross the Arctic Sea from Murmansk to the Bering Strait.
In addition to this, he is attempting to break the world record for how fast the journey can be done.
The super trimaran named, "Qingdao China" has already traveled over 1000 nautical miles in the first few days since being at sea.
In Guo Chuan's crew, he is aided by other world class sailors from Germany, France and Russia.
This would be the first non-stop sailing record for the route from Europe to the Pacific.
The crew hopes to complete the journey within two weeks.