Category: Open Water
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How Migrants Learn to Love the Sea They Once Feared
In Messina, a seaside town in Sicily, Italy, water is a constant companion and a way of life. But for the thousands of migrants who arrive from Africa and the Middle East by boat, the sea is a perilous means to an end and a villain who has taken lives right before their eyes. To…
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Migrant rescued trying to swim one mile to Malta
A Libyan migrant was rescued in waters near Malta on Friday after he jumped off an aid ship, attempting to swim toward the shore of the island. The migrant, whose identity remains unknown, was rescued by sailors and rescuers from the Sea-Watch 3. He jumped in the water while several German Members of Parliament and…
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Red tide forced club to find other swim locations, but these swimmers are unfazed
The AMI Open Water swim club loves their Sunday morning swims at Manatee Public Beach. When red tide forced them to swim at other locations, it didn’t stop them from swimming. Now that red tide is gone, they’re back in their favorite waters. Video by Tiffany Tompkins, read more here: https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/…
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How lifelong swimmer has found long-distance tranquility
Swimming from the time she could walk, Marcia Cleveland swam thousands of hours in the pool training for her high school career as an All-American and for four years of varsity swimming at Yale University that ended with her graduation in 1986. “When I was done, I wanted to be done,” remembers Cleveland, who couldn’t get to…
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Tunisians head to the beach for traditional swim
And finally, for the 7th consecutive year, Tunisians headed to the beach to swim, on the 1st morning of the new year. This is long-held tradition in the North African state, which has been revived by sporting associations and doctors, who encourage people to swim to keep fit and healthy. From Hammamet in Tunisia here…
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If You Swim in the Hudson River, Don’t Stir the Muck
Scientists have found up to 10 times as many pathogens in the Hudson River’s near-shore soil than in its water, according to a new study by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University. Sewage discharge pipes spew fecal matter into the river estuary, which includes parts of Long Island Sound and New York harbor. Harmful micro-organisms that float…
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Bangladesh’s most celebrated swimmer calls it a day
After nearly half a century navigating Bangladesh’s thousands of miles of rivers, the country’s most celebrated swimmer has hung up his trunks — but not before one final, arduous paddle upstream.