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ix, 372 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps, ports
Summary:
On January 11 2007, seasoned adventurer 39-year-old Andrew McAuley set out on his quest to become the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand across 1600km of one of the wildest and loneliest expanses of ocean on Earth: the Southern Ocean stretch of the Tasman Sea below the 40th parallel. Thirty days into the voyage, New Zealand maritime authorities received McAuley's distress call. Having survived a torturous month at sea, conquering monstrous swells and terrifying storms, McAuley lost his life only a day from completing his journey