Vicki Keith says penguin power will help her accomplish what's never been done before -- a double crossing of Lake Ontario. Clutching a toy penguin fo(...)

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Vicki Keith says penguin power will help her accomplish what's never been done before -- a double crossing of Lake Ontario. Clutching a toy penguin fo(...)

Date8/13/1986

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Brazao, Dale (photographer)

Keith, Vicki (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Vicki Keith says penguin power will help her accomplish what's never been done before -- a double crossing of Lake Ontario. Clutching a toy penguin for good luck, the 25-year-old Kingston swimming instructor set off from Toronto early today on the first leg of a marathon swim to Port Dalhousie and back.

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Long distance swimming

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