“If a shark bites you, what we recommend is you should hit the shark in the eye, in the nose, or stick your hand in the gills,” says Dr. Chris Lowe of the California State University Long Beach Shark Lab [shown below]. “Those are all sensitive tissues and quite often it causes the shark to release.” https://youtu.be/FmxnhvuUZ-A But as many ocean
Entries are open for the International Ice Swimming Association 5th World Championships to be held between January 11th - 15th in Samoëns, France.
Ram Barkai wrote an autobiography, From Fire to Ice.
The Svalbard Ice Swimming Adventure was held within the Arctic Circle and offered the Ice Mile and Ice Kilometer and 500m freestyle.
In the midst of the global ongoing worry about COVID-19 and its variants, various governments are constantly reviewing the situation and making policy and visitation changes as they see fit. Airlines and the travel industry are similarly adapting and adjusting personnel and schedules as necessary. But like the show business, Ram Barkai and the
Following the footsteps of ice swimmers like Ram Barkai and Ger Kennedy and their community of ice swimmers from South Africa to Ireland, it seems people all over are getting into cold plunges. Brian Mackenzie talks about setting up a freezer for your own home use: https://youtu.be/9KvDTqBKHr0 John Richter, author of The Ultimate Chest Freezer
Tetyana Afanasyeva shared a good cartoon about ice swimming - with fewer than 100 days until the IISA 4th World Championship Głogów 2022 where the world's most accomplished, fastest and most experienced cold water swimmers will gather to compete. Entries to the following events open on November 1st - register here to attend the world championships in
The International Ice Swimming Association recognizes BiPolar ice swimmers, Antarctica ice swimmers, and Arctic ice swimmers on its new website.
The International Ice Swimming Association defines a Polar Ice Mile as swims completed below 60°S or above 70°N
The ICE Series is a WOWSA Live podcast series about ice swimming. In Episode 1, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Otto Thaning talks about the heart and hypothermia.
