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When British environmentalist Roz Savage arrived in Papua New Guinea, on June 4, 2010, she was greeted like a

rock star. Thousands of people turned out to welcome her. And for good reason: Savage had just become the first

woman to row alone across the Pacific Ocean. Savage estimates that she made 2.5 million oar strokes during her

journey. The trip was broken up into three different legs. First, she set off from San Francisco on May 25, 2008,

and rowed 2,900 miles (4,667 kilometers) to Hawaii. Then, on May 22, 2009, Savage left Hawaii and rowed 3,158

miles (5,082 kilometers). She reached the tiny South Pacific nation of Kiribati in September 2009. For the last leg,

she left Kiribati on April 19, 2010.

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Savage was

A persuasive

B alarmed

C courageous

D gracious