Category: Open Water
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Polar Bear Swim Port Alberni
“Do you know how to ring in the new year with a splash? Reporter Jose Araujo takes us for an icy journey as he prepares for his first Polar Bear Swim in Port Alberni.”
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The 26th Haeundae Beach Polar Bear Swimming Competition, 20 January 2013
Maybe the most awesome Polar Bear Swim video ever (and I’m not kidding) (Personal charge-into-the-cold theme song now changed to “Don’t Stop Me Now”. Wow! :-)
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The Harlem Shake (Lincoln College Swim Team Style)
“Lincoln College Swim team 2013 Harlem Shake. LC LC!” (intro-dancer is *awesome*, btw)
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Underwater tourist photos help scientists track individual whale sharks
Wow, posting your underwater holiday photos online could help conservationists track the movements of whale sharks, a new study finds, led by a researcher from Imperial College London. They compared results using tourist images with results based on surveys by marine researchers specifically aiming to track the sharks, and found that individual whale sharks could…
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Aqua Lung Oceanwings, a wingsuit for underwater ‘flight’
Looks awesome, but I guess it is quite a lot slower than real flight. Via Laughing Squid
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Matt Brink 6th Annual Memorial Polar Bear Swim
Held on 2/10/13 at the Viking Lake Park on Chautauqua Lake, NY
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Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships 2013
“Dear Santa. This is not what I had in mind when I wished for a swimming pool. — at SkellefteÃ¥ river.” LOL – I think I know which Santa this was :-)
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2013 Dartmouth Winter Carnival: Polar Bear Swim
Five students jump into the icy waters of Occom Pond with a GoPro wearable camera during the 19th annual Dartmouth Polar Bear Swim, which is one of the many events taking place during Winter Carnival. Climb aboard with Corinne Romano ’15, Shotaro Nakamura ’13, Natalie Cantave ’16, Fredrik Erikkson ’16, and Whitney Fu ’13.