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Challenging the Pacific : the first woman to row the Kon-Tiki route / Maud Fontenoy ; translated from the French by Anthony Roberts.

by Fontenoy, Maud.

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New York : Arcade Pub., c2005.

Fontenoy, Maud.

Rowers -- France -- Biography.

Boats and boating -- South Pacific Ocean.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006018638.html

1559708182 (alk. paper)

9781559708180 (alk. paper) :

155 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

1st English-language ed.

Fontenoy presents us with an adventure story on the high seas as she challenges the Pacific Ocean--a feat no woman before her ever accomplished. Already the first woman to row alone across the North Atlantic, Maud raised the bar to defy the elements, the daunting solitude, and the circling sharks of the South Pacific on her second solo voyage. She overcame all 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.--From publisher description.

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