All-female rowing team races across Atlantic in an eco-boat

The Bristol Gulls, an all-female rowing team based in the UK, have become the first team to complete the 3,000-mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge from the Canary Islands to Antigua and Barbuda in an eco-boat made partially of recycled plastic bottles. Host Carol Hills speaks to rowers Lorna Carter, Phoebe Wright, and Sarah Hunt.

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