BALTIC SWIM
DANISH GIRL'S FEAT
(Received July 30, 10 a.m.)
COPENHAGEN, July 29.
Miss Jenny Kammersgaard, aged 17, swam from Gedser to Warnemunde in 40 hours 26 minutes. She is the first person to swim the Baltic. Owing to wind and currents she swam 40 miles, although the distance the starting and finishing points is 27 miles.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 26, 30 July 1938, Page 9
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57BALTIC SWIM Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 26, 30 July 1938, Page 9
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