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First woman to row unassisted across Atlantic Ocean brings message of courage, perseverance to Longwood
Tori Murden McClure, the first woman to row unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean, will bring her story of courage, perseverance and determination—mixed with a lot of humor—to Longwood University on Thursday, Feb.
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McClure’s memoir, A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean, recounts her 1999 solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean, peppered with reflections on struggles, successes and frustrations in her life.
As her rowboat, named American Pearl, is tossed around in the middle of the Atlantic, McClure confronts the challenges of life and emerges a changed person. The memoir has been widely celebrated and is available at the Longwood Bookstore.
A decade before her journey across the ocean, McClure broke ground as the first woman to reach the summit of Lewis Nunatek, a large rocky peak in Antarctica; she also made headlines in 1989 as the first wom