For today’s Geo Quiz, we asked the number of miles across the Atlantic from Senegal to Guyana. The answer is 3,038 miles. Katie Spotz from Cleveland, Ohio knows this first-hand. She became the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean when she made the more than two-month journey this year. She speaks with anchor Marco Werman.
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