Courtesy of Grandiloquent Word of the Day, Antarctica. Curglaff is an English word that refers to the shock felt in swimming when one first enters into cold water. Swimming in the polar regions and in high altitude swims (see here), cold water swimmers experience curglaff. From John Jamieson’s Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 18th century. Photo shows

Courtesy of Grandiloquent Word of the Day. Acnestis is a rarely used English terms refers to the point of the human back that lies between the shoulders and the lower back that cannot be reached to be scratched. When open water swimmers are swimming with a good body position – either with their head up

Courtesy of WOWSA, Costa Rica. “Aude Lemaire-Hamel has a holistic vision of making the beaches safe in Costa Rica by empowering the newer generation of swimmers and lifeguard in the country, starting with our children,” said UNICEF’s Julie Pudlowski. “She has taught our children about healthy living, CPR, semaphore language, team spirit and confidence building

Courtesy of Guinness World Records. Several open water swimmers are listed in the newest edition of the 2019 Guinness World Records including: * John Robert Myatt (UK) * Mark Leighton (UK) * Ross Edgley (UK) * Antonio Argüelles (Mexico) * Darren Miller (USA) * Pat Gallant-Charette (USA) * Lewis Pugh (UK/South Africa) * Ondreg Pék

The Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego from John B. Productions, Inc. on Vimeo. Courtesy of University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California. Greg ‘Buc’ Buchanan played water polo at the University of California San Diego Water in the early 1980s. His coach Denny Harper recalled the northern California native, “Buc was big and

Courtesy of National Geographic Magazine, Cape Horn, Chile. In the area of the Planet Earth’s worse weather, the Type D or subantarctic killer whale exists. The orcas are highly likely to be a new species reported National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher Robert Pitman to National Geographic Magazine. With a growing number of ice swimmers

Courtesy of South China Morning Post, Murmansk, Russia. Dr. Mak Chun-kong got in and out of the ice water at the 3rd International Ice Swimming Association World Championship held in Murmansk, Russia this past March. The 33-year-old from Hong Kong finished 21st in the Ice Kilometer in 15:52:68, 9th in the 50m butterfly in 33:32,