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Courtesy of HD Production, Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany. Video showcases many stars from the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Wöhrsee, Burghausen including Christof Wandratsch (Germany), Henri Kaarma (Estonia), Olive Conroy (Ireland), Elina Makïnen (Finland). Anna DeLozier (USA), and Tobias Wybierek (Germany).
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Three female swimmers are up for consideration as the most mind-boggling adventurers among a slew of accomplished athletes in the Irish outdoor and adventure scene in 2016: Rachel Lee [shown swimming the English Channel on left], channel swimmer Sabrina Wiedmer, and ice swimmer Nuala Moore. The awards ceremony is
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Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. UN Environment Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh is raising awareness about the need to protect Antarctica‘s seas through a series of swims under extreme conditions. He wishes to add three marine protected areas to Antarctica by 2020 in the #Antarctica2020 campaign. Ger Kennedy is also joining in
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Courtesy of BBC World News and BBC World Sport with Tulsen Tollett about Michael Ventre‘s transatlantic swim from New York to London.
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. French swimmers Aurélie Muller (a 2008 and 2016 Olympian) and Stéphane Lecat (th winner in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000 shown on left) will be showcased in the filming of this year’s 43rd edition of the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda. Broadcast by Canal+, the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany. The International Ice Swimming Association has registered over 600 successfully completed ice kilometers…and growing across 51 countries (to date). 1 England 230 members 2 Ireland 104 members 3 South Africa 86 members 4 Germany 74 members 5 Russia 60 members 6 USA 59
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Matías Campi won the 4 km Desafío Nonthue held in the clear waters of Lake Lacar in San Martín de los Andes in the Argentine Patagonia. The swimmers came from all around Argentina as well as from Chile and Canada for the 4 km calm lake swim. Top 10
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Courtesy of Ram Barkai, International Ice Swimming Association. Ram Barkai is transforming the International Ice Swimming Association into a more globally representative body. “The International Ice Swimming Association board of directors is being reshuffled to reflect its global reach and move its activity centre from Cape Town, South Africa, its birth place, to the frozen
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An article about the cool-looking ice from the Tokachi River in Hokkaido, Japan in the New York Times.
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Courtesy of Paso a Nado de los ríos Orinoco y Caroní, Malecón de San Félix, Venezuela. The Paso a Nado de los ríos Orinoco y Caroní (Orinoco River Swim) is a popular 3.1 km ocean swim in Bolívar, Venezuela. It is a cross-river swim with nearly 800 participants between the rivers Orinoco and Caroní in
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