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Oar in the water

Meet the Incredible Woman Who Seeks to Be the First Female to Row from Japan to San Francisco

Source: My Modern Met

Learn about Sonya Baumstein’s proposed expedition to row 6,000 nautical miles alone from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco.

This entry was posted in Risk and Exploration and tagged Historic Figures, Science & Nature on July 1, 2015 by Hilary Woods.

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