Lewis Pugh OIG said to government leaders around the world who had assembled in Glasgow, Scotland in November for the UN Climate Conference (COP26), "What I witnessed in Greenland is the most visceral example of what is happening to our planet because of our failure to reduce emissions. It is not an abstract possibility for the future. It is real and it is
The International Ice Swimming Association defines a Polar Ice Mile as swims completed below 60°S or above 70°N
= Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Irish ice swimmer ice swimmer Nuala Moore was awarded the Masters Award Outsider Adventurer of the Year for 2016 by Outsider Magazine at the Sugar Club in Dublin last night. Luminaries of the climbing, running, sailing, mountaineering, triathlon, cycling, paramotoring, wakeboarding, skiing, biking,
Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Yakutsk, Russia. Yakutsk in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about 450 km south of the Arctic Circle, was the site of Irish ice swimmer Ger Kennedy's lastest open water adventure. After his ice mile and other ice swimming endeavors performed on the surface of the water, Kennedy was looking for something more. He wanted to
A pre-event report by Ram Barkai on swimming from Russia to America across the Bering Strait: A notorious group of South African extreme swimmers are at it again. Only this time their challenge sees them heading to one of the most remote, frigid and hostile waters in the world – the Bering Strait. They will attempt to swim from Russia’s mainland, across
Of all the open water swimming events to be held during the recent past and foreseeable future, we cannot imagine a swim with a higher level of risk and inherent danger than the 86 km Bering Strait Relay Swim scheduled for July 28th. 40 swimmers including the swimmers listed below from 14 countries will attempt to swim 53 miles from Cape Dezhnev, Russia to
Nuala Moore on her ice swimming experience in 0ºC inside the Arctic Circle explains and explores much here. When speaking with ice swimmers and learning how they are able to push themselves so far in such cold conditions, as they accept the environment in which they willingly put themselves, we begin to realize how many limitations we place upon ourselves
From Italy to Thailand and several locations in the UK, Coningham-Rolls Swimming Holidays offers a variety of luxury swimming tours. And the tours are expanding northwards towards the Arctic Circle. This September, a 6-day swimming tour of the stunning Lofoten Islands in Norway begins. The surrounding sea is optimal for open water swimming with a tight
Jack Bright reports from above the Arctic Circle, "For the last two weeks I have been in Petropavlovsk Kamchatski in Russia. I am participating in what will be a historic swim across the Bering Strait from Cape Dezhnev, Chukotka, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska USA (via Big and Little Diomede Islands). The water temperature is estimated to be between
