So what do we have here – jumping from way up into extremely cold water, before enjoying an expensive beer, even more expensive wine and then go watch art ? Kidding, Oslo is a lovely town (and the rest of Norway even better), go see www.visitnorway.com
A day in Oslo from Visit Norway on Vimeo.
Today, Friday 11/25 at 9P ET, Nat Geo Wild is arranging a special “Shark Attack Live Experiment”, to answer the questing: “Are sharks out to get you?”. We’ve already seen a teaser, with girls in bikinis testing if Great Whites like human skin, and this evening it will then be a team of freedivers and conservationists putting their safety on the line to separate shark attack myths from realities, plus shark victims telling their story and try the waters again for the first time since their traumatic experience.
See altso their live blog, with interesting and strange posts like this Great White Shark Song, and an interactive Great White.
26-year-old Åžahika Ercümen from Turkey is the Guinnes world record holder in the longest breath hold swim under ice (wearing fins and diving suit), with a 110 meter swim at Lake Weissensee, Austria, on 11 February 2011, beating both the women’s record of 70 meters and the men’s of 108 meters. Here is a nice video with her I guess sponsored by Turkish Airlines.
Fancy a watch? – Well, you will now! :-)
Omega – Michael Phelps from Sarah Laird & Good Company on Vimeo.
Had a nice experience with Arena’s customer support yesterday, so this one’s on me :-)
Funny weather guys storm.no send their regards on Facebook: ‘Faroe Islands, hang in there!’ Already getting dark at 1400 hours, dark humor also from Faroese on Facebook “Everything above 40 meters per second is called ‘clean-up day’!” (because of the public notice that people should tidy up and fasten everything that will otherwise fly). Or as another guy puts it: Geronimo!
SeaWorld Orlando’s Animal Rescue Team is currently trying to care for a once-stranded pilot whale suffering from scoliosis, using a custom orthopedic brace to help her swim normally again in maybe a few months. Via Animal Tracks
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Bill Weir and ‘scientists’ on effort to show that Great White Sharks are not attracted by the sight of human skin. Well good for them! :-P
Via ABC News
Heavy rains in Mason County, Washington coincided with the salmon spawning season, causing water levels to rise, flooding a street that some salmon then chose as their route upstream. Pro fisherman Conway Bowman suggested that folks leave them alone, calling it a “total unfair advantage” to start catching them. But you do realize that it is a delicious (and expensive) dish, right? Via The Huffington Post and kval.com
