Category: Nature
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Great Scottish Swim 2013 moved from Strathclyde Loch to Loch Lomond over pollution fears
Read Inside The Games Europe’s biggest open-water swimming series, the Great Swim, has moved its event in Scotland to Loch Lomond after the 2012 race at Strathclyde Loch had to be cancelled because of the poor quality of the water and fears competitors would get ill.
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Chinese official declines $30,000 bet to swim in Ruian river, says it is people not industry that polluted it
Oh the irony, read the Guardian Last week, an eyeglass-retailer executive from Rui’an City, coastal Zhejiang province, offered the city’s environmental protection chief Bao Zhenming more than £20,000 to take a 20-minute dip in a highly polluted local river. The entrepreneur, Jin Zengmin, posted the dare to his microblog beneath pictures showing the waterway overflowing…
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Feelgood freedive in Norway – Gulen
“Freediving in Gulen on a crisp, clear and sunny day in february. Kristoffer find`s his first scallops in 20+ meters visibility. What a day!” Feelgood freedive in Norway – Gulen from frivannsliv on Vimeo.
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Swimming with sharks at the Idaho Aquarium
“Our own Spencer Blake jumped right in when the Idaho Aquarium gave him the chance to mingle with the ocean’s most-feared beasts.”
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Surrender to Swimming
“While driving along the road as the sun was rising, we noticed how many people were taking an early morning swim in tidal pools. We wanted to capture this idea, hoping to inspire others to go out and explore the many tidal pools across our beautiful coastline.”
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Man bets official $32,000 he won’t swim China’s polluted Ruian river
Read globalpost A Chinese entrepreneur from Zhejiang offered a senior official of the local Communist Party about $32,000 to swim in a polluted river for 20 minutes. “If the environmental protection bureau chief dares to swim in [Ruian’s] river for 20 minutes, I will pay [him] 200,000 yuan,†Jin posted on Weibo, the South China Morning…
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Mega pod of dolphins off San Diego coast 2013
“Thousands of dolphins spanning across 7 miles of ocean were sighted off the coast of San Diego on Thursday, a boat captain told NBC 7 San Diego. Capt. Joe Dutra of Hornblower Cruises said he saw a “super mega-pod” of common dolphins Thursday around noon while he was on his daily tour. He said the…
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Swimming with a Humboldt Squid – Deadly 60 – BBC
“Astonishing underwater footage of Deadly 60 main man Steve Backshall swimming with a Humboldt Squid – which repeatedly squirts ink at him! From series 2 of hit wildlife show Deadly 60.” Via Laughing Squid
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Swimming with Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia
“In 2012 we were lucky enough to go swimming with the Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef out of Exmouth in Western Australia. It is one of the best things I think I’ve done so far and wanted to share it with you.”