PACIFIC: One woman's bid to row solo across Pacific

Updated July 16, 2007 20:07:06

This week Englishwoman Roz Savage plans to embark on a perilous journey -- in a bid to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific Ocean to Australia. Her 10,500 kilometre journey will begin in San Francisco, and she hopes to reach the eastern Australian coast late next year. Last year 39-year-old Roz rowed across the Atlantic Ocean; but her decision to tackle the Pacific was based on more than the desire to conquer another ocean. She wants to raise awareness about the devastating effect pollution is having on our oceans and marine life.

Presenter: Kim Landers
Speakers: Roz Savage, who's about to row across the Pacific Ocean from the US to Australia