Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer (Paperback)

from Karin7

This is worth reading for many reasons (the writing isn't a 5, but it's not bad). I am still amazed at what Lynne Cox accomplished with her swimming and for her part in helping end the cold war between the US & former USSR.

from LibraryCin

Lynne Cox was a long distance swimmer. In the ocean. When she was a teenager in the 1970s, she swam with a group of other teenagers to cross the Catalina Island Channel in California. They were the first teenagers to do so. It only fuelled her desire for bigger, longer, colder swims. She worked f...

from lalalibrarian

I can't believe I've never heard of Lynne Cox before seeing this book in the library! She's basically awesome and has swum in water as cold as the mid-thirties wearing only a bathing suit. She held the record for the English Channel when she was only 15 yrs old and has since swum in lots of dange...

from Morgester

Lynne Cox discovered early that she loved swimming in the elements, and as a very fit swimmer with loads of endurance but not much speed over short swims, she is a natural at swimming for hours in open water. At the age of 14 she began by swimming the Catalina Channel between Catalina Island and ...

from dougcornelius

I just finished reading the autobiography of Lynne Cox - Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer. She is a remarkable athlete with an incredible ability to swim long distances and withstand hours in freezing water. Her accomplishments start in 1971, when at the age of 14, Lynne s...