{"product_id":"swimming-to-antarctica-lynne-cox-9780156031301","title":"Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternational Swimming Hall of Famer and Alex Award-winner Lynne Cox's classic sports memoir Swimming to Antarctica is \"a portrait of rare and relentless drive\" (Sports Illustrated).Here is the acclaimed life story of a woman whose determination inspires everyone she touches. Lynne Cox started swimming almost as soon as she could walk. By age sixteen, she had broken all records for swimming the English Channel. Her daring eventually led her to the Bering Strait, where she swam five miles in thirty-eight-degree water in just a swimsuit, cap, and goggles. In between those accomplishments, she became the first to swim the Strait of Magellan, narrowly escaped a shark attack off the Cape of Good Hope, and was cheered across the twenty-mile Cook Strait of New Zealand by dolphins. She even swam a mile in the Antarctic.Lynne writes the same way she swims, with indefatigable spirit and joy, and shares the beauty of her time in the water with a poet's eye for detail. And this paperback edition of Swimming to Antarctica expands upon the detail of her extraordinary atheleticism with exclusive photos and maps throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynne Cox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0156031302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156031301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e78457 \/ Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/08\/2005 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 44","brand":"Lynne Cox","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050819940607,"sku":"9780156031301","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db20fcfe-7eec-41e8-abb6-8c455a79695a.jpg?v=1685009436","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/swimming-to-antarctica-lynne-cox-9780156031301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}