Swimming to Antarctica

  THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK

  PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

  Copyright © 2004 by Lynne Cox

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  A portion of this work previously appeared in The New Yorker.

  “A Cold Day in August” previously appeared in the New York Times.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Cox, Lynne, [date]

  Swimming to Antarctica / Lynne Cox.—1st ed.

  p. cm.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-54787-3

  1. Cox, Lynne, [date] 2. Swimmers—United States—Biography.

  3. Long-distance swimming. I. Title.

  GV838.C69A3 2004

  797.2′1′092—dc21

  [B] 2003047577

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