 Season 10 was the first season to (nearly) circumnavigate the globe  in a generally westward fashion, crossing the Pacific Ocean in the  first leg and crossing the Atlantic on the final leg. Most other  seasons (with the exception of Season 7 and Season 8) transversed  the globe in a generally eastward direction; the first legs of these  races had teams crossing the Atlantic Ocean or staying on the North  America/South America landmass, and then crossing the Pacific on the  final legs.