Challenging the Pacific

- The First Woman to Row the Kon-Tiki Route

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  • E-bog, ePub
  • Engelsk
  • 176 sider
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Just two years after rowing solo across the North Atlantic at the age of twenty-five, Maud Fontenoy was ready for a new challengecrossing the Pacific Ocean. Leaving from Lima, Peru, and traveling 4,400 miles in seventy-three days, Fontenoy landed in Hiva Oa in French Polynesia, becoming the first woman to complete what is known as the Kon-Tiki route. Alone at sea for days and nights on end, Fontenoys story relates the ups and downs of her time at sea, from circling sharks to the celebrity welcome upon her journeys end.Named one of Time Magazine Internationals thirty most important people of 2005, Fontenoy presents the reader with a terrific, entertaining adventure story on the high seas as she faces the Pacific Ocean. Fontenoy overcame the odds as well as her personal doubts and fears, demonstrating not only her indomitable courage and strength, but proving once again that women can conquer the most difficult and treacherous obstacles.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal176
  • Udgivelsesdato07-11-2011
  • ISBN139781628722284
  • Forlag Arcade Publishing
  • FormatePub

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