Conquering the Straits

The Oceans Seven is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of seven open-water channel swims. It includes the English Channel, the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland, the Cook Strait in New Zealand, the Molokai Channel in Hawaii, the Catalina Channel in California, the Tsugaru Strait in Japan, and the Strait of Gibraltar.

In this book, Swedish marathon swimmer Anna-Carin Nordin tells the story of her life in swimming from a young age and what drove her to took on each of the straits one by one and become the first female swimmer to complete them all.