A year after that, she accomplished a lifelong goal by swimming the english channel and setting a new mens and womens record in the process. Read the excerpt and answer the questions that follow. By age sixteen, she had broken all records for swimming the english channel. Sometimes, he said, the important things take time, sometimes they dont just happen all at once, sometimes answers come out of time and struggle, and learning. As a worldclass athlete, lynne has championed the sport of openwater swimming, advocated for title ix. English 10a unit 1 from swimming to antarctica by lynne. Quizlet is a lightning fast way to learn vocabulary. Its the kind of adventure story you dont want to put down.
Now in paperback, with photos and maps added especially for this new edition, here is the acclaimed life story of a woman whose drive and determination inspire everyone she touches. Capturing the thrill of a life dedicated to excellence, swimming to antarctica tells the remarkable. Cox penned the 2009 bestselling book swimming to antarctica. Jan 01, 2004 her milelong swim in 32degree water off antarctica was a literally mindboggling investigation into extremes, but cox wanted to do more than test limits of human endurance. English 10a unit 1 from swimming to antarctica by lynne cox. Parthey mehta ccl period 1st 09122014 character strengths over the summer i read swimming to antarctica. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Swimming to antarctica download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. At ages fifteen and sixteen, she broke the mens and womens world records. When hail started falling, cox kept swimming alone in a. An experts survival guide for triathletes and open water. Lynne cox is an endurance swimmer, who can survive freezing cold waters that would make normal people suffer from chronic nerve damage or even death.
Overall, lynne has completed over 60 swims around the world, and setting records. Just about every other person in the world seems like an unfocused dilettante compared to longdistance swimming legend lynne cox. She is best known for being the first person to swim between the united states and the soviet union, in the bering strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing the cold war tensions between us president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. This book doesnt require a lengthy explanation for why it is a certifiably enjoyable read. She is the author of swimming to antarctica, which won an alex award. Lynne cox born 2 january 1957 is an american longdistance openwater swimmer, writer and speaker.
Theres little time to come up for air in lynne coxs memoir of her time as a longdistance swimmer, swimming in antarctica, says catherine. Even though i enjoyed it, for some reason, i feel like it took me a long time to read it. Lynne cox author of swimming to antarctica goodreads. Lynne coxs from swimming to antarctica, a mcgee of 303 and lectures on lynne coxs from swimming to antarctica, a. The bodys corethe heart, lungs, and brainmust stay warm or normal muscle and brain function will be impaired. In the selection from swimming to antartica, what see to be cox s main motives for making the long swim. Lynne cox has set records all over the world for openwater swimming.
Lynne takes you on a journey starting in new hampshire when she was merely twelve years old and shows you some of her most amazing swims. Lynne cox is the author of swimming to antarctica 4. But theres something else about her that you may find hard to believe. Excerpt from swimming to antarctica by lynne cox elagse910rl3. Lynne cox began serious swim training at the age of 9. Lynne coxs writing is fluid and gripping, surprisingly good for a professional athlete, and her stories of channel swimming are such an amazing account of human effort against dangerous seaways, its hard to go for another swim without thinking about those dark, cold currents after reading this book. At 14, lynne cox swam 26 miles from catalina island to the california mainland.
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American ocean swimmer lynne cox survives, even thrives, in water cold enough to kill most others. Lynne cox amerykanska plywaczka dlugodystansowa i pisarka. Ive never found swimming to be overly exciting and she showed me the water through different eyes. Some expertise or driving lesson that re received from reading ebooks is vast. His mother had wanted him to become a physician, but on may 30. Swimming to antarctica by lynne cox 11 march 2009, 12. Impairs the bodys normal functions in freezing temperatures. She humorously refers to her success as being due to her 36% body fat, which gives her natural bouyancy and protects her internal organs from cooling down. As a chubby nineyearold, lynne cox was the slowest kid in the pool. Lynne cox, swimming to antarctica when she was just 15 years old, lynne cox broke both the mens and womens record times for swimming the english channel.
Unit 1 from swimming to antarctica by lynne cox pg. Lynne cox writes about swimming the way saintexupery wrote about flying. She is the author of swimming to antarctica and grayson. At age fourteen, she swam twentysix miles from catalina island to the california mainland. Lynne cox is an american woman whos among the best ocean swimmers of our time. At the age of 14, lynne cox swam the 26mile stretch from catalina island to the coast of california.
Lynne cox is an elite athlete who broke many world records, among them swimming the english channel at fifteen, being the first woman to swim across cook strait eighteen miles, and being the first to swim off antarctica in 32degree waterfor twentyfive minutes. When the coach ordered her class out of the water because a storm was brewing, she got permission to keep swimming. There is plenty in swimming to antarctica to encourage even nonswimmers to work hard to achieve the seemingly impossible, but cox, a skilled and highly readable writer, sticks to the swimming, leading the reader by example. Lynne cox s main motives for making the long swim were because it was a dream of hers, and also a major accomplishment in which she could say that she completed. Here is the joyful, inspirational memoir of swimmer lynne cox. For thrills and inspiration, its hard to find anyone better than lynne cox. The book swimming to antarctica is thrilling, adventurous and exciting. Swimming to antarctica essay examples 1 total result an analysis of lynne coxs character in swimming to antarctica. She asked ron if he would help her, and he agreed, but could not travel to england with her. Please, coach, let us out of the pool, were freezing, pleaded three purplelipped eightyearolds in lane two. Swimmer lynne cox offers lessons from the deep orange county. At ages fifteen and sixteen, she broke the mens and womens world records for swimming the english channela thirtythreemile. She was the first to swim the strait of magellan, the most treacherous threemile stretch of water in the world.
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Water temperatures as warm as fortyfour degrees fahrenheit would kill most swimmers. Lynne cox started swimming almost as soon as she could walk. Roald amundsen was born on july 16, 1872, in borge, near fredrikstad, the fourth son in a family of shipowners and sea captains. An analysis of lynne coxs character in swimming to. She is the most successful cold water long distance swimmer. Dec 27, 20 lynne cox s relationship with the water is almost mystical.
Goosepimples rose up all over my body, and my hair whorled around my head like helicopter rotors. Before she turned twenty, lynne cox had broken the mens and womens world records for swimming the english channel, swum from catalina island to the california mainland, and braved the dangerous cook strait between new zealands north and south islands. At age 9, she began her swimming career in manchester, nh with the manchester swim team. Tales of a longdistance swimmer, by lynne cox notification. In the selection from swimming to antartica, what see to be coxs main motives for making the long swim. Texas government exam 1 terms diana cox 0 sets 1 member concorde southaven. Hmh book clubs find great new books for your reading group. Theres little time to come up for air in lynne coxs memoir of her time as a long distance swimmer, swimming in antarctica, says catherine. Lynne cox swimming the 7 seas legendary swimmer lynne cox shares her incredible story. Now in paperback, with photos and maps added especially for this new edition, here is the acclaimed life story of a woman whose drive and determination. Inside antarctica s bizarre international research town duration. Feeling unsatisfied by her performance in the catalina channel swim, lynne determined that she would swim the english channel by herself. An analysis of lynne cox s character in swimming to antarctica.
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