Category: Winter Swimming
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Swimming Group Holds Annual New Year’s Day Plunge in Boston | No Comment TV
The annual New Year’s day plunge is led by one of America’s oldest cold-water swimming groups, the L Street Brownies.
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Prague Swimmers Brave Icy River for Annual Competition | Reuters
Hundreds of swimmers braved the freezing waters of Prague’s Vltava River in honor of winter swimming pioneer Alfred Nikodem.
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Plucky Swimmers Start Christmas Day With a Dip in the Sea | Evening Standard
A host of plucky swimmers across Ireland started their Christmas Day with a chilly dip in the sea. The water temperature in Belfast Lough was estimated to be around seven degrees and choppy waves greeted the Brompton Belles and Beaux as they braved the dip in Bangor, Co Down. However, there was hot chocolate and…
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COPE Galway Christmas Swim | Stephanieblaaa
The COPE Galway Christmas Swim is such a beautiful tradition that has taken place under the Blackrock Tower in Salthill on December 25th. Families and communities gather together to help raise funds for the wonderful charity COPE Galway.
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How Cold Water Swimmers in Cornwall Recharge Each Dawn at Battery Rocks | Surfdome
The Battery Rocks swimmers can be found every morning in Penzance, Cornwall. An assortment of people from all walks of life and a variety of ages – from those in their teens to those in their eighties – there are the full makings of a community. For four of the women that meet there –…
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Dublin Seaside Busker Sings to Brave Winter Lockdown Swimmers Fun Dancing | FRO Films
In the lockdown of Winter, droves of swimmers came to the swim spots in Ireland despite the cold water, including Seapoint. This busker entertained the masses who sang and danced along. Nov 8 with Pat Hennessy
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Ice Swimmer Lewis Pugh’s Stark Climate Warning: Without Polar Ice, There Is No Life on Earth | Sky News
UN patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh has completed what’s been described as the ‘coldest swim on earth’ in Greenland to highlight the speed at which polar ice is melting.
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Lewis Pugh Starts ‘Coldest Swim on Earth’ for Climate Crisis | Evening Standard
Lewis Pugh begins his swim across the 10-kilometer mouth of the Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland to highlight the speed of the Climate Crisis ahead of the UN Climate Conference (Cop26) in Glasgow, where Pugh will address world leaders and demand urgent action. The Ilulissat Icefjord is fed by the world’s fastest-moving glacier – moving at…
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Endurance Swimmer Lewis Pugh Prepping for the Coldest Swim on Earth | BizNewsTv
Lewis Pugh is an endurance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans. This month he will be swimming across the mouth of Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord, which is fed by the world’s fastest-moving glacier. It will be the first multi-day Polar Swim ever attempted. This is footage of him prepping for that icy swim.