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Two: Sailing the South Pacific

From: The Imperilled Ocean

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In readings from this book Journalist Lauren Trethewey explores stories about the many ways in which people around the world interact with the ocean. In this chapter Trethewey interviews Fiona McGlynn, a sailor who sailed across the Pacific Ocean with her husband in a 35-foot boat. Trethewey goes on to discuss the challenges that face offshore sailors and what motivates them to take to the high seas.

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Laura Trethewey

Laura Trethewey is an ocean journalist whose writing has appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, Courier International, the Walrus, Globe and Mail, Canadian Geographic and at Ocean.org, the multimedia storytelling site of the Vancouver Aquarium. The Imperilled Ocean is her first book.