Month: June 2017
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60 Days Down The Danube With Avram Iancu
On his fourth attempt, Romanian endurance athlete Avram Iancu completed a 17 hour 54 minute crossing of the English Channel. Iancu will need that same depth of commitment and passion for open water swimming as he just set off on a 60-day stage swim of 2,860 km in the Danube River yesterday. The 41-year-old librarian…
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Watch: Owl ‘Swims’ for Its Life in Rare Video | National Geographic
See rare video of a swimming great horned owl. Hikers walking through a canyon in Lake Powell between Arizona and Utah stumbled upon the rare sight. It’s likely a young great horned owl and still has some of its nestling feathers. Great horned owls often roost on cliff ledges, so it’s possible the young owl…
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Aussies celebrate Antarctic midwinter with an icy dip
Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, in the southern hemisphere. And in Antarctica, 15 Australian expeditioners at Davis station are celebrating with an icy dip in freezing waters, a now traditional midwinter swim. The air temperature is hovering at -33.5°C and the water temperature about -1.8°C. See Business Insider
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Chicago swim lessons aim to increase water safety
Water safety is an important issue this time of year, and a recent study claims only 54 percent of Americans know how to swim. On the Great Lakes alone 30 people have died so far in 2017, and more than half of those deaths took place on Lake Michigan. Different community centers and city parks…
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Giant Squid Latches Onto Paddle Surfer’s Board
James Taylor was trying to be a good citizen of the Earth and help out an injured squid, but the squid just seemed interested in his board. Spotted an injured giant squid just behind the waves in Melkboss a while back and decided to try and get it to the beach. With @cristinafva and @wahinemich…
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Popularity of Catskill swimming hole proves problematic
A Catskill Mountain swimming hole is so crowded that state officials are encouraging people to swim elsewhere. The area known as the Peekamoose Blue Hole, in Ulster County, has always been popular. But New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation says crowds of people started coming in 2015 after social media and websites touted it as…
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11-Year-Old Girl Electrocuted While Swimming In Lagoon Behind Home In Toms River
An 11-year-old girl died after police say she was electrocuted while swimming in a lagoon behind a home in Toms River, New Jersey this weekend. As CBS2’s Erin Logan reported, neighbors were mourning Sunday night for the little girl whose life was cut so short. It was supposed to be a fun night for the…