Category: Winter Swimming
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Swimming under the Antarctic ice with Lewis Pugh – Guinness World Records
Open-water endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh (UK) became the first person to venture into meltwater beneath the ice sheet of Antarctica on 23 January 2020. Wearing nothing but swimming trunks, cap and goggles, Pugh swam approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) down what is known as a “subglacial river†located near the Russian Novolazarevskaya research station in…
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Ice Swimmer Kate Steels and endurance athlete Bruckner Chase on WOWSA Live
Ice Swimmer and International Ice Swimming Association Director Kate Steels and endurance athlete Bruckner Chase talk open water swimming with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman Ned Denison on WOWSA Live.
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Ice Bath Swim in the Gorgeous Lac Bleu in Arolla – Switzerland
Water Temperature 3.9°C – Lake Altitude 2’090m.
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The final stage of the Russian Winter Swimming Cup was held in Russia
The final 6th stage of the Russian wInter Swimming Cup was held in the Moscow region in the water area of the Istra reservoir. More than 80 people gathered for the competition among adventure-seekers, those who wanted not just to plunge into the icy water, but also to swim a certain distance at speed. A…
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Would You Swim in Lake Ohrid in Wintertime? | Orthodox Epiphany Day
Would you swim in Lake Ohrid when the air temperature is just above freezing? Well, lots of people do every year to celebrate the Orthodox day of Epiphany in North Macedonia. https://youtu.be/pnFAJX3zEPY
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Winter Swimming World Championships 2020 / Lake Bled, Slovenia
Winter Swimming World Championships 2020 at the Lake Bled in Slovenia. This World Championship is one of the most diverse in winter swimming history. Over 830 participants from 30 countries competed with each other in one of the most beautiful locations in the world – the Lake Bled.
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Chatting with Ram Barkai – Founder of the International Ice Swimming Association
We caught up with the record-breaking ice swimmer and Founder of the International Ice Swimming Association Ram Barkai at the IISA British Ice Swimming Championships. He discusses the history of the International Ice Swimming Association and his ambitions for the sport over the next few years.
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Swedish Lapland Stories: Ep. 23 — Rachel and the Good Swim
Rachel Davies has lived and worked in Abisko, Swedish Lapland for some years. And being a swimmer this means she had to adopt to cold water. So she did.
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Ice Swimming Challenge | 5 Minutes in 0.9°C Water
For this months Propulsion Swimming Challenge we were invited by Ice Swimming World Champion, John Myatt to experience his ice barrel at ice HQ. John uses this barrel to help aclimatise his body to the freezing water temperatures he faces when competing in Ice swimming! We spent a 5 minutes each in the water, which…