Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Answer: Dan Clarke, a naturalist at Wild Whales Vancouver from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Among the new 2018 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is open water swimmer Alex Kostich, perhaps the only marathon swimmer in the Academy [under confirmation]. Membership in the Academy is

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “For decades, we have covered inspirational and incredible individual feats of speed and stamina in oceans, lakes, bays, rivers and seas around the world,” explains Steven Munatones. “From icons like Lynne Cox and Sarah Thomas or world-renowned personalities from Lewis Pugh to Ram Barkai, people are pushing themselves to

Courtesy of Channel Swim Japan, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Matías Ola was thwarted by strong winds, the massive Tsugaru Current and persistent waves after 3 hours 21 minutes in his Tsugaru Channel attempt in northern Japan. Conditions got tremendously turbulent after Matías was hit by the strong winds in the middle of the Tsugaru Current. The

Departing England In the English Channel Reaching France Courtesy of Diego López Dominguez, English Channel. After prepping with two marathon swims – the 57.9 km END-WET river swim in 11 hours 0 minutes on June 16th and the 32 km Stage 5 at the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in 8 hours 42 minutes on

Courtesy of Radek Táborský, English Channel. 22 swimmers from the Czech Republic have completed a crossing of the English Channel. Michael Mrůzek‘s friend Ivan Smolka inspired him to become the 23rd Czech swimmer. “I would not plan to cross myself. After I was able to complete the 36 km Capri-Napoli swim, he came up with

Courtesy of Trans Tahoe Relay, Lake Tahoe, California. Last year, the 10-mile Trans Tahoe Relay attracted over 1,200 competitors from all over the country. For the past seven years The Olympic Club and the Trans Tahoe Relay have joined together with the League to Save Lake Tahoe in order to Keep Tahoe Blue. Already 202

Courtesy of Track.RS, North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. For the second time within a year, 33-year-old Caroline Block attempted an unprecedented two-way crossing of the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. For the third time, Block successfully completed a crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland. She initially crossed in 14 hours 31