Swimming to Antarctica
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For our last book of 2026, let's try this classic sports/adventure memoir recommended by an Adventure Reader.
**Note that you have 5 weeks to read this book instead of 6 because of the holidays.**
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
Author: Lynne Cox
Length: 359 pages
Rating: 4.2 Goodreads
Summary: 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.
We will meet at 7pm on Tuesday, December 15 at 7pm at:
TBD
I will be there early- I have short brown hair and glasses, and will be carrying a copy of the book.