article_snippet.sent: The female, named Varvara, swam 14,000 miles (22,500km) from the east coast of Russia to breeding grounds off the coast of Mexico, and back, without even stopping for a snack when Gray was nine years old.
article_snippet.sent: The female, named Varvara, swam 14,000 miles (22,500) from the east coast of Russia to breeding grounds off the coast of Mexico, and back, reportedly without stopping for a snack .
article_snippet.sent: Experts expected Varvarva to swim along Asia's Pacific shoreline down to the South China Sea.
article_snippet.sent: Experts tracked Varvara to find that Varvarva made a swam 14,000 miles (22,500) from the east coast of Russia to breeding grounds off the coast of Mexico, and back.
article_snippet.sent: On the way from Russia Varvarva is believed to have crossed the northern extremity of the South China Sea, before hitting Alaska and going south until Varvarva reached the warm seas off the Baja peninsula to breed.
article_snippet.sent: But on Varvarva way back to Russia, Varvarva made a more direct route, cutting across deep water.
article_snippet.sent: But Varvara travelled to Russia by swimming across the Bering Sea, with few landmarks or shallow waters to guide Varvara.
article_snippet.sent: Varvara even swam a new path on the way back by following the Alaskan coast.
highlights_snippet.sent: The then nine-year-old female called Varvara swam from Russia to breeding grounds near Mexico during five-and-a-half months in 2011 .
  