Hare Today, Gone To Newfoundland
Photos courtesy of Evelyn Hare. Joshua Hare, Jason Hare and his 16-year-old daughter Abigail completed a 7.17 km open water swim from Grand Colombier Island in the French North American territory of St-Pierre-Miquelon to Little Green Island in Newfoundland, Canada on August 15th in the 15ºC water of the Atlantic Ocean.
Evelyn Hare, and her son Aiden, Lori Hare, and Aubrey and Carole Hillier made up the family escort team on the unprecedented swim.
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