# Why I'm rowing across the Pacific

- Institution: TED
- Department: Mission Blue Voyage
- Speaker: Roz Savage
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/roz_savage_why_i_m_rowing_across_the_pacific)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Five years ago, Roz Savage quit her high-powered London job to become an ocean rower. She's crossed the Atlantic solo, and just started the third leg of a Pacific solo row, the first for a woman. Why does she do it? Hear her reasons, both deeply personal and urgently activist.

## Lectures

1. [Why I'm rowing across the Pacific](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/roz_savage_why_i_m_rowing_across_the_pacific/be7abc5f538d), 17 min (TED's player)