Swimming To Antarctica: Tales Of A Long-Distance Swimmer - Brossura

Cox, Lynne

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ISBN 10: 0156031302 ISBN 13: 9780156031301

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2005

Riassunto

A noted long-distance swimmer with a love for cold water describes her eventful career in the sport, from her record-breaking English Channel crossing and her 1987 swim across the Bering Strait from America to the Soviet Union to her exploits in the Straits of Magellan, Lake Baikal, and Antarctica. Reprint.

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PRAISE FOR SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA
"This would make a great story even if Cox couldn't write. But she can . . . She's done things the rest of us only imagine-and she's written a book that helps us to imagine them with clarity and wonder." -THE BOSTON GLOBE

"What emerges here is an athlete whose determination is so fierce that it seems almost exotic. She is fit. She is focused. She is Lance Armstrong with body fat."-USA TODAY

"More than the story of the greatest open-water swimmer, Swimming to Antarctica is a portrait of rare and relentless drive . . . Cox's understated style makes for gripping reading."
-SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

L'autore:

LYNNE COX has set records all over the world for open-water swimming. She was named Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year, inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2000, honored with a lifetime achievement award from the University of California--Santa Barbara, and worked for six years as a research librarian in Orange County. She lives in Los Alamitos, California.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0156031302
• ISBN 13: 9780156031301
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 357