| one publication added to basket [217407] | Challenging the Pacific: The first woman to row the Kon-Tiki route
Fontenoy, M. (2006). Challenging the Pacific: The first woman to row the Kon-Tiki route. Arcade Publishing: New York. ISBN 978-1-55970-818-0. 155 pp.
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VLIZ: Personal and Institutional Histories PER.163 [104816]
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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 challenge—crossing 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, Fontenoy’s story relates the ups and downs of her time at sea, from circling sharks to the celebrity welcome upon her journey’s end. |
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