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LAND and TRIUMPH for Maud Fontenoy
15:29 p.m. EDT Oct 9, 2003
Early this morning of October 9 at 04.00 local time Maud set foot on Spanish turf. Last time she touched land was on June 13 in Canada; 117 days ago. Today, Maud Fontenoy became the first woman to row across the Atlantic ocean West to East.
Thank you Maud, from all of us at ExplorersWeb, for an incredible journey. SALUT!
French rower Maud Fontenoy set out from St. Pierre et Miquelon, Canada on June 13 in an attempt to become the first woman to row across the Atlantic West to East.
Image courtesy of Jean-Christophe L'Espagnol, www.maudfontenoy.free.fr
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